Midsommer!!!

Trip Start Nov 02, 2006
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Trip End Dec 19, 2007


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Monday, June 25, 2007

Midsommer is celebrated in Sweden every year on the Friday evening between 19 and 25 of June, so this year it was actually one day after summer solstice.

It is a big holiday in Sweden - the day is a public holiday and everyone leaves the cities for country or archipeligo homes.

I traveled to Dalarna, a county that I was told is one of the most traditional in Sweden to experience the Maypole, little frog song & dance, pickled herring, schnapps, traditional Swedish attire and all other things midsommer. I wasn't quite far enough north to get the midnight sun, but it never got completely dark - at midnight I was able to walk around (in the forrest) without a flashlight.
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