markida: June 2009

Thursday 18 June 2009

Wedsnesday 17th June - Mark and Lena water fight!

Tuesday 16th June - Simson's Birthday and kittens/sheep!

Simson's 2nd Birthday:

Above: Fika!!!!!!

Kittens (kattungar)/Sheep (får) at Joel's girlfriend's (Helen):

Above: Ida and lilla Joel!

Above: Mark and Batzeba!

Above: Joel, Eva, Caesar, Erik och Findus!

Sheep aka Får:

Ida had hoped that upon me seeing the cute kittens that I'd fall in love with them and that we'd be taking one home with us....

Her plan backfired as soon as I was asked "do you want to jump in the field and feed some sheep?"

Monday 15th June - Ida visits Anna's summer house

Following a heavy week, I (Mark) wasn't feeling too good on Monday, so stayed at home and watched Cloverfield with Lena...who is 9 years old!

Above: Anna and her house

Above: the lake and Ida's new Swedish cloggs!

Above: Småland paradise!

the biggest bra of all time!

Above: 110GG!

Above: Ida (28B)/Mark can only dream....

Wednesday 17 June 2009

Sunday 14th June - Manhood test and the medieval game of Kubb

The Manhood test with Gunnar:

The morning after the wedding, Gunnar took me (Mark) on a 10k run round the local lake. He said it was just for fun, but I had a feeling it was to see what I was made of....luckily I passed the test!

Above: some cows we passed on our way round

Above: Mark and Gunnar

Above: the lake!

Above: 4k left!

Kubb aka Viking Chess:

Kubb (pronounced /kʉb/ in Swedish or /kub/ in Gutnish) is a lawn game where the object is to knock over wooden blocks by throwing wooden sticks at them.

Kubb can be simply described as a combination of bowling and horseshoes. Today's version originated on Gotland island, Sweden.

Rules vary from country to country and from region to region, but the ultimate object of the game is to knock the "King" over, before your opponent does. This, combined with the fact that there is a certain level of strategy that can be used by players, has led some players and kubb fans to nickname the game "Viking Chess." However, unlike chess, if a player or team knocks over the king before achieving their objectives, that player/team immediately loses the game. Some games have been known to last for hours.

Above: the losing team

Above: the winning team in action!

Saturday 13th June - Elisabeth's wedding

Above:Our residency for the night! Casa de Philip.

Above:Elisabeth och Robert

Above:Markida, Philip and Sofia

Above:Dancing to Ulf Lundell!!

Above:Morning after,coffee and random drunks...i love jkpg

Above:Jönköping,two unknown people and Vättern(the second biggest lake in Sweden)

Thursday 11 June 2009

A few songs perfect for Swedish roads:

a montage, kyrka, dog walking, family pizza, fika and vintage shopping in Gnosjö

A catch up from yesterday:

Above: Copenhagen to Malmö via train

Above: Excess baggage charges? No..not us!

Above: Our first breakfast at Eva's!

Above: Swedish strawberries with Ida's mamma!

Above: On our way to Anderstorp!

Above: Sweet Home Anderstorp!

Kyrka, 8am this morning:

This morning we were woken up at 7am, watched a bit of Hannah Montana with Lena and then headed straight to church for her end of term ceremony! She was gutted her leather jacket didn't match her dress....

Above: Lena and her leather jacket

Above: Lena...without leather jacket.

Above: Kyrka aka Church

Dog walking with Balthazar and Simson:

Above: Ida and Balthazar

Above: Mark aka Caesar (The Dog Whisperer) and the dogs!

Family pizza:

Surely, one of THE top 3 reason for moving to Sweden is the classic FAMILY PIZZA which consists of your basic pizza base, ham, donner meat, fries and kebab sauce. :D

Above: Family Pizza! Notice the lollipop to the right for scale!

Fika:

'Fika is a Swedish verb that roughly means "to drink coffee", usually accompanied by something sweet on the side.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika)

Again, possibly in the top 3 reasons for moving to Sweden!