Thursday, April 30, 2009

Valborgsmässoafton from far away

This year's Valborgsmässoafton (Walpurgis Night - or night of spring, a major celebration in Sweden) went to the history as one of the least celebrated. I was still tired from jetlag and didn't have any energy to invent a substitute to a big bonfire and nice spring songs, the weather was surprisingly cold and since it's just a regular day here it was filled with regular activities. 

Valborgsmässoafton sure is one of those things I would love my kids to experience, but realizing they won't as long as we live here - it's in the middle of the semester, only a few weeks before we're leaving for Sweden anyway. And it's kind of tricky to show a bonfire on TV...  

A day of a bit of home sickness for sure. 

This is one of few digital pictures I have from Valborg. It was taken on April 30, 2001 at Riddarholmen when I actually happened to be in Stockholm on that day. Stadshustornet to the left, huge bonfire in the middle, lots of people in the foreground. Pretty bad picture but it was taken with one of my first digital cameras, a small, 3-something mega pixel camera...



2 comments:

Saltistjejen said...

Vilken kalasbild!!!!
Själv saknar jag iten Valborg så mycket alls. Det är verkligen en av de där svenska högtiderna som vi glömmer bort sedan vi flyttat hit.
Men en av M´s kollegor (som är svensk) skulle visst tända en liten braas i sitt badkar för sina barn, haha! Det gjorde inte vi... ;-)
Kram!

JaCal said...

Saltistjejen - tja, för att vara med en så dålig digital kamera kanske den är ok. ÅH, skulle så gärna vilja vara i Sverige på Valborg med en riktig kamera så jag fick bra bilder. Men det är svårt att pricka in - jag reser ju med familjen bara några veckor senare... haha - brasa i badkaret - låter fullkomligt livsfarligt! ;-)