Unn's Vacation House

On Monday morning, Kim decided to brave the BMW once again and take us to Unn's vacation house! Her house was 2 hours north, past the town where the author of Pippi Longstocking grew up. The house was on the edge of a lake, which was beautiful and relaxing.

Unn's mom and mom's boyfriend were already at the house, so we met them and then swiftly directed our attention to the next matter of business: food! To continue with our introduction to Swedish culture, we decided to have Swedish pancakes with more lingonberry jam. But, we were out of eggs! So we went off to get eggs. By “get eggs,” I don't mean we got them from the supermarket- I mean we stole them from under unsuspecting chicken butts!




And, after Unn cooked for us, we enjoyed our sugary lunch:




After lunch, Unn's mom Marie and boyfriend volunteered to take us mushroom and blueberry-picking. Apparently these weird-looking mushrooms are expensive and hard to find, unless you know where to look. Even with Marie's expertise, though, we didn't find many:



Later, for dinner, these little mushrooms became the starter course:




Next up was blueberry picking, which was much more (hehe) fruitful:




Guess what THESE became that evening?



At dinner, Unn and Marie took the opportunity to teach us a little MORE about Swedish culture. We sat down to 2 pieces of salted/pickled herring and a shot of Schnapps, both of which are enjoyed at traditional Swedish celebrations and holidays. In addition, they sang a song Swedes sing on holidays -something about frogs? It came complete with hand gestures.






Kim and I were quite confused.




Before leaving the next day, I took some photos of the property.

Swimming area:


View of the house from the dock:


Neighbor's horses: