Hassleholm, Sweden

November 30, 2010

                                 Hasselholm is 15 miles north of us.

The train ride takes us through so many beautiful areas of Sweden.

I never get tired of the farm houses in the middle of no where.

I am just fascinated by the churches and cemeteries.

 They are so old and big.

This is a Danish Church.

All of the churches are big and beautiful inside.

 

This one was so pretty with the white paint and stained glass windows.

We decided to up in the balcony.

We are sure glad we did.

When we were up in the balcony we were able to get a better view of the pipe organ.

This one is very different as it has long horizontal organ pipes as well as vertical organ pipes.

We went shopping and Neal finally found a warm coat he liked. It has a big hood with fur around it and really keeps his head warm.

 

Before riding the train home we ate at a real cuteThai restaurant.

Neal didn't have enough money on him so he had to go to a machine and the owner told me to go ahead sit and eat. Boy that is pretty trusting. I was nervous that (1) could Neal find a machine in the town. (2) Would he know how to work it. So I was prepared to wash dishes!! ha ha  



Family Home Evening Crepes

November 29, 2010

Every Monday night at our Center we have “Family Home Evening”.  A young married couple came and taught us how to make “French” crepes. She is from France and married a Swede.

It was a lot of fun and they were delicious.

They put butter and lemon juice on them. YUM.

 

They told a story as they mixed up the batter, the first batch they did wrong so they were using it as an object lesson. They were really cute.

He could really flip them high and they would land right back on the pan.

I think this is a crack up as everyone was telling Sister page how to flip it. Notice even the "hands" in the front are going thru the motions!

This is our President Christian Schanner. It looks like he is giving advice to our instructor!

Anna Lingren is ready to flip!

She was so happy she was successful. We all cheered!

The purple on the stove is the heat of the burner.

OK here is Neal really analizing the whole technic.

Can he do it?

It was a close one but he did catch it.

Notice the "hands" in front, she is still "helping" everyone. ha

whoops, I have the 2 photos of me I think backwards.

Yea I caught it!

Here goes the big flip!

I just loved the butter and lemon juice on them. I would have never thought of lemon juice, I would have put jam on them but the lemon juice really was good.

1st Advent Sunday

November 28, 2010

We were invited to a family in our ward, the Nilssons. They put on a real nice program and lit the first candle.

                    Their youngest daughter was lifted up to light the candle.

4 Sundays before Christmas, the Swedes will light 1 candle and let it burn during the evening. This is called the 1st advent Sunday. They will do this each Sunday before Christmas. On the 3rd Sunday they light the first candle and then the next candle. By the time the 4th candle (before Christmas) is lit they are in stair steps.

After lighting the candle they then had a musical program

Neal was asked to sing “I’m dreaming of a White Christmas”

They loved him, he did a great job.

 

This is Brother Ronndahl.  He is quite the entertainer. He put on a top hat and had fun singing, with a little threactrical flare!

              After the program we ate refreshments.

Sorry, I did not get a good photo of the whole table! They had Lucia Buns, sweet rolls, cookies, candy, little sandwiches (smorgas) and rice pudding. The picture next to the pudding is filled with yummy  strawberry sauce to pour on the rice Pudding.

Ystad, Sweden 27 November 2010

Ystad, Sweden

This is when I really felt like I was in a Christmas card. You will want to turn on some Christmas music when you see these photos. It will be a day we will never forget.

                                 Neal at Ystad Train Station

The snow blows so hard it sticks to side of the trees, the way the snow falls down.

Notice the small path I am walking in!!

 

Christmas Card photo for sure!

         Walking dogs and dogs loving the walk in the snow!!

       I think Lilly would like to be here and walk in the snow!!!

Neal by City Church

                        Snowball fights with the teenagers

                             Can you see the snowballs?

The organ is at the back of the church and the pulpit where the sermon is given is far right. The Churches are really pretty and very old.

Beautiful church all decked out for Christmas

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The Church had a beautiful manger scene. One of the displays was of Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus.

At the other end were the Shepherds and the Wisemen on their way to see the baby Jesus.

Danish Church

Notice the snow covered cars!!

Neal on a cute street shopping.

Girl pulling brother on sled

 Kids having fun sliding down the snow in the back.

Families sure were having a great time watching their kids, playing with their kids and also visiting with friends.

Mom pulling kid on sled, the mom’s don’t mess around so you better hold on!

Shopping down a cute street.

This is where I got my nice warm winter fur lined boots.

The town was so pretty lit up in the evening.

I love this one. Quite a story. The little boy alone on his sled was being pulled by his dad and then his wife needed him to help with the buggy, so the little boy patiently waits. Notice the clear vinyl cover over the buggy. Mom's and Dad's walk all over in all weather in Sweden so if it rains or snows they have the clear cover to protect the babies.

 

Shoppers (another Christmas Card photo)

This is Neal with a big white building in the background in the back right. This is where we had our dinner. It was in the basement of this building.

We asked where a good place to eat was and the locals told us to go to

 “Store Thor”

It took us awhile to find it, as it was in the basement of this old building. The entrance was on the outside of the building which was way gross. But we went down and all I can say is WOW.

The restaurant is the only surviving medieval town hall cellar in Sweden. Food was serve here in the 15th century. Then in 1569 the building burnt down. The cellar was filled in and forgotten about when the new Town Hall was built.

In 1922 the cellar was rediscovered when the foundations were dug out to install a boiler heating system. It was excavated and restored to its original state. In 1927 the bar and kitchen were built.

In 1972 the outside entrance was added. Go to http://www.storethor.se/

Be sure you listen closely, as they are speaking in Swedish! Now you know why I have a hard time understanding anything!!



 

Appetizers with delishous breads and caviar and a dip.

 The menu was pricy and you know dad he doesn’t like to spend money on food!! So we literally got the cheapest thing on the menu: Fish Soup. I was real nervous but oh well the place was so cute. Well let me tell you if I went back I would order the fish soup again. It was absolutely delicious!!

There were a lot of different fish in this bowl but oh my goodness was it good. 

We sure had an enjoyable meal and day.

 We had creme brule (spelling?) for dessert.

Walking to the Train.

Santa having a very hard landing

Frozen train wires.

Goodbye Ystad we loved your beautiful Christmas card town!!