last weekend we drove to uppsala (pronounced oops-uh-luh) to pick up my parents who had flown into stockholm earlier in the week (the town's about a 15 minute trainride from the bustling swedish capitol. it was an idyllic couple of days spent enjoying the fruits of carl linnaeus' labor--from the meticulous linnaeus garden to the tranquil uppsala botanic garden. here are a few of my favorite snapshots from this lovely university town--with three cameras between us we spent most of the time in macro mode (i couldn't take enough of the botanic hand scrolled flora markers) or trying to get owen to pose in front of garden statues (the best shots, though were when we caught him singing to ladybugs or playing in the dirt).
on our way back to karlstad we stopped at gamla uppsala to see the ancient burial mounds--which date back to medieval swedish history and most notably (at least in terms of literary priorities) are the connections to the legendary beowulf poem
2 comments:
I love the pic of Michael and your Dad on the huge bench...I had to keep looking at it! It's bizarre and funny!! What a great experience you guys are haivng!! World travelers...so awesome!
I love the pictures! They don't even look real. Have fun with your parents :)
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