Friday, July 18, 2008

Swedish summer

Every night before bedtime, we let the kids watch an episode of Saltkråkan*. We have ended up watching too - it brings back memories and now you really appreciate it differently - it's kind of fun to see Swedish nature and hear Swedish. I'm so glad that the kids have spent summers in the Stockholm archipelago so they - sort of - can relate to what they are seeing.

Unfortunately it seems Skrållan has given a lot of inspiration to the son (also 2 years...). Maybe we have to skip the dvds about Emil...




*Saltkråkan is one of the famous Swedish authors, Astrid Lindgren's books, about the archipelago island Saltkråkan and the families that live there.

3 comments:

BritGirl said...

That looks simply delightful! I love watching older things, especially when it's set in the countryside. So what is the translation of the title?

BritGirl said...

Oh wait,did u say the title was the author's name? Sorry,didn't read it properly!

JaCal said...

Saltkråkan is "nickname" of the title of the book (the actual name is "Vi på Saltkråkan" (I think...) and it was made into a TVseries and a couple of movies. The book was written by Astrid Lindgren - who also wrote Pippi Longstocking among other books.