Thursday, April 1, 2010

Moving on to Harnosand

I have had a wonderful time here in Umea. I got the chance to watch two criminal trials yesterday. Tuesday night, I learned the Vasterbotten polska and watched as a large group of folk dancers worked on the dance. Live music was provided by a fiddler and there were just as many men as women in the volunteer group. Amazing. The dance was complicated, too, and I had a good time learning it.

Yesterday, we went and toured the Volvo plant here where they make the large cabs for the commercial line trucks. There was a lot of robot mechanization and it seems that if we could design a robot to fix the other robots, man could become obsolete. After Volvo, we tried Curling. Folks, it is a lot harder than it looks on TV. I slipped and slid around a bit and decided that I didn't want to have any first-hand knowledge of the Swedish medical system, so I left the playing to the rest of the group.

Today, we are moving to Harnosand for a few days. I will write more later.
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  1. AnonymousApril 1, 2010 at 5:24 PM

    HAHAHA! Curling. If you like that, I have a swiffer for my kitchen with your name on it.

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  2. AnonymousApril 2, 2010 at 4:56 AM

    Wow, you sound like you are having a wonderful and very educational time. I sure wish I were with you. You have experienced more then the rest of us will in a life time. How awesome! I heard from Dan yesterday, he sounds good. I'm sure Dan and Melina miss you. Just checked your Blog for the 1st time in a while. It's been crazy busy but I was up early today and was thinking about you and wanted to see what you were up to. Love your BLOGS and love to hear all the cool stuff you are doing. I'll check back in a couple of days. Have a Blessed Resurrection Sunday.

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