Summer is here! (At least for a day!)

For those of you keeping up with the weather in Lund (not many of you, I would imagine), you know that it has been quite rainy and chilly here.  In spite of that, the Swedes (and the Brosdal's) still make weekend plans and generally follow through with them....rain or shine.

This past Saturday turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL day, and we made the most of it!  In fact, our day was probably a little "over-scheduled" which I'm sure is not very Swedish.   Here are a few highlights from our super-fun Saturday....

Since the sun was shining, we decided to head down to beach at Falsterbo.  Although the girls enjoyed their first trip down here (probably because we had cake for breakfast at a local coffee shop), the weather that day was chilly and drizzly.   Today they were able to trade their raincoats for swimsuits.  Before hitting the beach, however, we had a quick stop to make.

We stopped in to a cute little shop in Falsterbo to buy clogs, yes clogs, for the whole family.  Several of our friends (men and women) swear by these comfy (and very Swedish) shoes and the hubby thought we should all have a pair.   So, now the girls have a pair and the hubby will soon have a pair (for those of you wondering, they DID have his size....but he needs to have the shoes painted and personalized!).  I admit I am holding off on the clogs....at least for now.  My shoes can only be SO sensible!

How do these look?

Then it was time for a little sun and sand.   As you head down to the beach (here and at many other beaches in the area), you will see these little tiny "beach houses", often in a rainbow of colors.  I'm really curious as to what people keep inside these...I guess I'm just going to have to be a nosy American on our next visit and take a peek!

The girls really are loving the outdoors and are getting quite accustomed to hanging out by the water.  Jeff brought his "good" camera, and enjoyed taking some photos!

Cece's first photo shoot

As usual, Malena was more interested in getting into the water.  She also had some fun "air drying" as it was quite windy!

After the beach, we headed to the house of some of our new Swedish friends.  Our girls were especially excited as they were going to meet the kids of these friends for the first time (twin girls who are 6 years old!).  The weather was still beautiful, so we had a nice BBQ outside and all of the girls had a great time...it's fun to watch Malena and CeCe try out their growing repertoire of Swedish words!

CeCe, Ebba, Matilda and Malena

And the fun continues....on the way home from Falsterbo, we stopped at the Fotebiken Viking Market.  A friend of Jeff's was "working" there, so we thought we would check it out.  This place is part festival, part craft fair, and part people dressed up and living like "Vikings".  I'm not sure how long people live outside in this pretend Viking land, but a few of the residents could have used a good shower!  I thought this would be right up the hubby's alley (with the Viking heritage and all), but he was a little underwhelmed by the whole experience.

The Viking village (and craft tents)

I think CeCe is eyeing the wooden sword!

By now it's about 4pm and we are heading home.   To relax and enjoy a quiet evening of TV?  Not so fast....we have a birthday party to attend!  A co-worker of Jeff's turned 60 and we decided to join in the celebration.  After a quick stop at home for a shower and a snack, we headed up north to Helsingborg.

Several of Jeff's co-workers were in attendance, and it was nice to see some familiar faces.  The girls found some other children and took off to play.

The evening's entertainment was quite...well...entertaining.  A "one man band" was playing guitar and singing mostly American classics!   As I was watching the party-goers get their collective grooves on...I knew I had to capture the fun on video...it's just something I couldn't put into words.  If you listen carefully, you can even hear the Traveling Wilburys (The video is only 30 seconds long... don't pass it up!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26pxeJpxDdE&feature=youtu.be

As usual, we stayed later than we had planned.  We finally dragged the girls away from their new friends and jumped in the car.  After about five minutes, I turn around to see a familiar sight in the back seat...

Why are you keeping me up so late??

Here's hoping for more summer-y days in southern Sweden!