Notes from the May - June 2009
Tour of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia and England

Stockholm, Sweden - June 6 Skansen Cultural Center and Park

This sizable open air museum, founded in 1891, includes recreations of various aspects of Swedish life from previous centuries. Here we come to the tinker`s shop.

Friendly discussion of his trade and the shop`s supplies

A break for a bite - tortilla-like wrapper containing mashed potatoes with onion topped with smoked reindeer, moose and other meats with special sauce and a beer

Example of an old style fence

An 1800s Swedish church

Farm animals and farm life

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