First Presentation in Sundsvall

This morning, I received an air card from Leif, the chief police inspector here. As such, communication has gotten a lot better. The photos are mostly from our trip in Harnosand, including the Goulash soup we had at our host from Hungary's home, and the egg that won the strength contest on Easter Saturday. I am going to try to attach a "Schnapps" song, too.

Today, we got some of our travel arrangements cemented for a trip to Stockholm. We will leave Sundsvall on Saturday by train and will be in Stockholm Saturday and Sunday and will join the plane in Stockholm for our flight home via Newark on Monday morning. I am glad we now have train and room reservations. The logistics aspect of these trips is always a stressor for me and as anyone who knows me can attest, I am not someone who can simply spend the night at the train station. I am a bit more high maintenance than that. I now have to figure out what to do in Stockholm, as I never gave it much thought because we weren't going to be spending any time there.

This afternoon, we went to the Permobil corporate offices. Permobil is a multinational corporation that designs and builds wheelchairs. We got the chance to drive several of their models and it is amazing what those machines can do. Freedom is more possible for the impaired thanks to those chairs. The man who invented his line, Per Udden, lived near here and he and his wife had nine children. Since he was dyslexic, his mother read all his medical books when he went through medical school. They joke that it was his mother who should have gotten the medical license. Per Udden spent his life trying to make innovations for those who were handicapped and those who were dyslexic.

Tonight, I need to go to the store and get the ingredients for the dish I will prepare for the pot luck -- corn dip. Easy to make, easy to store and scrumptious. Eddie took my idea to make sweet tea and I am not sure they have all the ingredients for the other dishes I know how to make by heart. Also, I looked and there doesn't seem to be a Johnny's Pizza or Podnuh's to be found. Soooo, corn dip or hot artichoke dip are my best options.