Exploring, Eating and Teaching in Sweden.

It has been another long day and I hope to keep things short. I hope to get more than 4 hours of sleep tonight. I have included a lot of pictures because we all know pictures say a thousand words.

Apelskolan - the school where I'm at.

In English it means "Apple School". How ironic!

Left to RIght:

- Stina

- Christian

- Me

- Axle

Back Ground:

- Replica of a Viking Ship found in the harbor.

- The Kattegat Sea

Varberg Fortress

- Used to keep the Danish from invading.

- If Paul Hundtoft ever comes to Sweden they may want to consider reusing it.

View of the Atlantic Ocean/Kattegat Sea from the top of the Fortress.

Traditional Swedish Food for Lunch:

- Swedish Meatballs

- Bacon

- Brown Beans

- Boiled Potatoes with Gravey

- Lignin Berries

- Squash, Tomatoes and Red Onion Salad

Dinner Creation by Christian:

- Salmon: grown in a fish farm in Norway

- Cod: caught fresh in the Northern Atlantic/Ice Sea

- Shrimp: caught fresh in the Barents Sea

- Potatoes

- Carrots

This was an amazing stew/soup!

House where I am staying outside of Falkenberg.

I observe a number of teachers today, but Bjarne, a Swedish Civics Teacher allowed me to teach in his class. I showed his students how to use Google Earth. I gave them a tour of Omaha and Nebraska. Then they showed me their homes and we did a session of Q&A. I was also able to "teach" and I use the term lightly here, another class with Lena. She teaches remedial English. We did a Q&A session for 40 minutes and the students had to ask their questions in English. Lena would help them with words occasionally, but getting to use the English language was good practice for them. After the Q&A the students shared their poems, written in English, with me. The poems were extremely deep and full of personal meaning. Some where very moving. I experience yet another wonderful day in Sweden. I can't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow will be my last day at Apelskolan and I'm already missing it.

- Mr. Allemang -