A few days have passed since I was able to post because my last host family didn*t have wireless internet. We had been staying in Skellefteå. While there, we went to a rubber linings manufacturing plant; a wooden bridge and home building factory; and, spent time at the Campus for Wood Technology. Yesterday was great fun, because we got to go out on an icebreaker into the Gulf of Bothnia. Icebreakers are wonderful ships and we actually got to break a fresh path. Lookiing at the ice being cracked was like watching panes of glass breaking with the pieces sliding all over the tops of the remaining panes. Amazing.
We then had a wonderful sleigh ride in the country. The sleigh was small and the horse was named *Utop*. Beautiful. I took a Qigong class led by my house mother the day before. We have had a busy few days and today we travelled to Lycksele.
Lycksele is a smaller town where the District conference for this district of Sweden is going to be held, beginning tomorrow. Today, we went to the Djurpark (Zoo) and I was able to pet a live red fox for the first time. I also touched a live moose named Caesar on his velvety nose! We were the only people at the zoo and were able to observe the feeding of the carnivores. The Lynx were amazing, as were the arctic foxes and the wolves. Wolves look MUCH bigger close up. They are so fast moving through the snow that you are glad they are on one side of the fence and you the other. I always love going to the zoo so this excursion was perfect for me.
Then, we went to LapLab AB, a company that tests core samples to determine the amount of gold, silver and other metals in the mining area. The robotics at this facility are amazing. Since I am borrowing my host's computer, I cannot change photos. I will put up new photos as soon as possible.
Tomorrow, we are going to the wood museum and then, maybe, to the local courthouse. By the way, it was -17 degrees Celsius this morning, when I got into my host's car. In Lycksele, it began snowing several hours ago and it looks like it will continue for the next few days. I am sure glad I invested in the thermal underwear! Talk to you soon.
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I am worried that you are not having enough fun!!! JK.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is Qigong? It sounds like quilting and ping pong. Or is this the Swedish version of Mah Jhongg?...Which by the way, we need to play again very soon. Of course, I have forgotten all the rules. :P
It ain't mah jhongg! I miss that. It is like karate in slow motion. I didn't even feel like the karate kid - nor did I look like him. I definitely need more fun, though. I am trying to be really nice on the blog, but because you can't throw a stick without hitting a lawyer anywhere on the globe, I get a lot more vocational "opportunities" than everybody else. THEY get to go snowmobiling and such. Oh well, that is what this is all about. Talk to you again soon.
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