Today we went to one of Sweden's National Parks: Gysinge. First we ate lunch at a small cafe in Gysinge and then we went to visit the small museum there. It was a very cool museum. It had many pictures of the area in all seasons and a small pond and river running underneath the staircase. On the second level there were many blocks that you could open and inside them were animal furs, insects, or pictures of some of the animals that live or had lived in the area. After visiting the museum we walked around for a bit and saw the old flour and saw mill. All that was left of it was the foundation in the middle of the river and some older stone buildings. It was incredibly beautiful.
After we left the park, heading home, we made one stop along the way. We visited the graveyard next to a small church where Emma and Filippa's grandmother is buried. Today was a special holiday called All Saints Eve when you can put candles on the graves of your deceased loved ones. The light was just fading from the sky when we reached the graveyard and all of the lit candles were very pretty.
Shortly after we arrived back home, Katarin, Philip, and Johannes, Agnes's mother and younger brothers, came over for dinner. We had a special Swedish cake called kladdkaka for desert. It tasted kind of like a brownie only it was a bit thinner and chewier than a traditional brownie. After dinner we went for a walk through the main graveyard in Sala. This may seem a bit weird and spooky but because it was All Saints Eve there were many people there lighting candles for their relatives. It was incredibly beautiful to see all of the lights around the graves and around a small pond where they have put the ashes of some people, upon their request. Lotta's grandmother's ashes were scattered in the pond so Lotta lit a candle for her there too. I think it is a very special and nice thing to light candles for your loves ones who have died and put them on their graves. It is a nice way of remembering them and all of the candles that light the graveyards are very pretty.
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