Last Night

My last night spent in Sweden was a good one. I just relaxed with my girlfriend, her brother and his (newly wed) wife... We headed downtown Västerås for a little festival fun - got to see Daniel Adams-Ray perform, enjoyed the atmosphere of Summer and laughed our heads off on some lean-to carnival rides.

After a stop for some roasted almonds from a street vendor we all headed home... Even though the night was full of good times and light-hearted, summer style living, it ended with morning beckoning me back to reality in Australia.

But what a perfect way to end my time in Sweden...

People in balls on the water..

roasted almonds, the flavour of festival

Anundshög

Just about five minutes into the countryside around Västerås, there is an ancient Viking burial site. It's called "Annundshög" and there are a bunch of old Swedish kings buried there... The graves are all set up to form the shape of Viking longboats (as can be seen above), but one king was buried and then covered with a huge mound of dirt. This king must have been special to have so much dirt piled on top of him (kind of ironic) and it's pretty awesome to look at today.

There's really something special about standing on such an ancient site... It kind of makes me feel small in the entire scope of history.

Västerås

My view from a nice café:

 Sweden is beautiful...

Västerås

Cruised around Västerås for a bit today... Lots to see and do downtown - good shopping, good food. Not to mention the fact that it's absolutely beautiful. There's an old church in the middle of the city from the year 1100... Lots and lots of pictures and stories to follow.