We spent Earth Day out at Gamla Uppsala ("old Uppsala"). The mounds in the background are burial sites. The site was an important religious and economic center during the Middle Ages, and actually for many hundreds of years before and after. Swedish kings would hang out here! The mounds are thought to be the graves of three kings from the House of Ynglings.
We were puzzled by this big pile of sticks, but then dad asked one of the guys bringing more sticks for the pile, and found out that it was for a big bonfire on Walpurgis night, to celebrate Valborg, which is the last day of April. The Swedes are really serious about celebrating spring!!
Here I am with the mounds in the background. It was a beautiful sunny day so I got to roll around in the grass. I learned how to point recently so I am doing it all the time!
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