Thursday, April 2 - - Well, really it's already Friday April 3rd and I'm ready for bed / about 75% packed to head home....
It's been a VERY busy last couple of days - we've had something going EVERY NIGHT but it's been fun...
Here are some pictures and a quick explanation before I call it a night - - see you all soon!
On Wednesday, April 1st - we had a tour of
Volvo Technology where Dawn Yoshimura works... I was REALLY excited about this visit because it was only the SECOND time during my stay that I've heard ANYONE mention the word "lean." Dawn and I talked quite a bit and plan to keep in touch. After our tour of two locations, we went by bus / tram to visit a local artist that she knows and then to her flat for dinner. Bo, Christina, Lars and Lena joined us.
Thursday, April 2 - today, we had a late morning and met at a school near where I'm staying. This school has children from ages 6 to 15 in the same building. I was impressed with the space they have for the classes as well as some of the programs they are working with to help the kids understand what happens in other areas of the world. After that, Anni took me shopping for a cd to bring home to Tyler - - the artist is Nils Landgren and he's a well-known Swedish Trombone player!
At 5 Pm, we all met at Bo Westling's house, he's the District Governor, for dinner. Christer, the team leader for the group heading to Minnesota on Monday stopped by and chatted with us for a few minutes before we had to leave for the Opera. Anders from Partille was able to get us some seats for the dress rehearsal of Katja Kabanova and they were REALLY good seats - - like front row, overlooking the orchestra!! It was hard to follow the singing and story line since it was sung in one language and the tel-e-prompter was in Swedish. Basically, it was a girl has tough life, mets the man of her dreams, can't leave her husband because of a domineering mother-in-law and eventually is so distraught that she's jumps off a bridge and drowns....
After that, I joined Anni and Jan at a party they were attending at a museum. We left there shortly after midnight and now, I'm ready to crash.... for those of you back home in USA - I'll see you soon!! For my new friends in Sweden - - I hope to see you again sometime!
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