Sommarstugan (The Summer House)

This weekend my host family and I went to their summer house while Louise was having a party, which I think was for farewell purposes.

That day, Axel and I went swimming in the sea. He had his wetsuit for surfing on for reasons I do not know. When we got back we played soccer, badminton and fotboll-tennis, which is just tennis without rackets or tennis balls.

For dinner, we ate raw salmon... with mustard and spinich on toast. I ate some of it, but fortunately there were potatoes, meat, corn, salad and barbecue sauce to occupy myself with as well. I, with some help from Axel, consumed a whole bottle of Pommac, which is a traditional Swedish apple-soda.

I slept late the next day and joined Elisabeth, Axel and Hans at the beach near the house and did some sunbathing. Then I went swimming again. It was a little warmer than the day before but the waves weren't so high and the body-surfing was less entertaining. I returned to the summer house and took a another shower. Then, after I was nice and clean, Elisabeth asked me to mow the lawn. That made me feel more like a family member and less like a guest, which is a good thing of course.

We've just gotten back as of me typing this and I'll have to wake up early to leave for Vimmerby tomorrow where the four day language camp (for all the exchange students in our Rotary District to learn some Swedish and get to know each other) is.

'Til then.