Today we visited a local senior high school (years 10 to 12) where Jackie was able to gain some information on how the educational system is structured in Sweden. She was far to excited when she pretended to give a lecture in the very grand assembly hall of the school, complete with fresco's on the roof and walls.
We then headed to an island off the coast of Kalmar, connected to the mainland by a 6km bridge. The island of Öland is a major tourist destination for Swedes as well as international tourists and many people take their caravans and tents and camp in the summer holidays.
The temperature today was around 15 degrees which is a bit of a jump from the 6 degrees the day before and the snow in Stockholm! Our guide today takes a dip every day in the Baltic with his mates - sometimes having to break through the ice to get in and do about 10 laps - NAKED!
We visited a castle on the island and also saw the current kings summer retreat.
We enjoyed a home cooked meal with our hosts (the pic of Jackie is outside our host families house right in the middle of the city, we have the whole top floor!) and are looking forward to our vocational visits tomorrow - we also gave the hosts some Vegemite for breakfast, Kenneth liked it but his wife Gunilla was very polite and didn't say (or eat) much!!
God natt! Love Christie.
1 comment:
Fantastic to read your postings every day and to see the photos, it's almost like being there!
Gail
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