Glass Country
Swedish = English
Glass = ice cream
Glas = glass
I get a bit confused at time...
Yesterday, while driving from Halmstad to our new destination, we got to many new sights. We saw Sverige's glass country, a waterfall, and visited Växjö (otherwise known as the greenest city in Europe). While on the road we made a quick stop for a walk up to a supposed waterfall. Bad luck, we didn't read the map at first and by the time we saw it, time was out. We had to leave without seeing the waterfall, but I enjoyed the hike.
Lunch was sandwiches and carbonated water by the lake in Växjö. "In 1996, Växjö set itself a goal to become a fossil-fuel-free city by the year 2050. Now a single biomass power plant provides nearly all the community's heat and hot water, half of its energy comes from renewable sources, and CO2 emissions are down by 30%. Växjö earned the title 'Greenest City in Europe' when it received the EU's first award for sustainable development in 2007." (quote from Rick Steve's Scandinavia) Afterwards we went to the Utvandrarnas Hus and learned a bit about Swedish emigrants/immigrants. I especially enjoyed reading about the Titanic and Ellis Island. When someone mentions "immigration," my mind neglects to think about the fact that Titanic passengers counted as immigrants and that immigration was not confined to the 1700's, or anytime time period for that matter. It was just very interesting to be able to make some of these connections/realizations. The Kulturparken Småland was intriguing, but we didn't have much time to spend there. We focused on the glass exhibition and the moved on to actual glass country.
We visited quite a few glass manufacturers and museums, but my favorite was definitely Transjö Glashytta. Kosta was much more of a tourist attraction, though watching the glass actually being made and eating the waffles (with hallon saft!) from the shop/museum and made it worth it. I very much appreciated the Transjö Glashytta. The glasswork was amazingly artistic and just astounding. The workshop was amazing as well.
Glass = ice cream
Glas = glass
I get a bit confused at time...
Yesterday, while driving from Halmstad to our new destination, we got to many new sights. We saw Sverige's glass country, a waterfall, and visited Växjö (otherwise known as the greenest city in Europe). While on the road we made a quick stop for a walk up to a supposed waterfall. Bad luck, we didn't read the map at first and by the time we saw it, time was out. We had to leave without seeing the waterfall, but I enjoyed the hike.
Lunch was sandwiches and carbonated water by the lake in Växjö. "In 1996, Växjö set itself a goal to become a fossil-fuel-free city by the year 2050. Now a single biomass power plant provides nearly all the community's heat and hot water, half of its energy comes from renewable sources, and CO2 emissions are down by 30%. Växjö earned the title 'Greenest City in Europe' when it received the EU's first award for sustainable development in 2007." (quote from Rick Steve's Scandinavia) Afterwards we went to the Utvandrarnas Hus and learned a bit about Swedish emigrants/immigrants. I especially enjoyed reading about the Titanic and Ellis Island. When someone mentions "immigration," my mind neglects to think about the fact that Titanic passengers counted as immigrants and that immigration was not confined to the 1700's, or anytime time period for that matter. It was just very interesting to be able to make some of these connections/realizations. The Kulturparken Småland was intriguing, but we didn't have much time to spend there. We focused on the glass exhibition and the moved on to actual glass country.
Immigrants were marked with chalk after examinations.
Some bowls like we have in the library, took photos for you mom. Thought you might enjoy them.
We visited quite a few glass manufacturers and museums, but my favorite was definitely Transjö Glashytta. Kosta was much more of a tourist attraction, though watching the glass actually being made and eating the waffles (with hallon saft!) from the shop/museum and made it worth it. I very much appreciated the Transjö Glashytta. The glasswork was amazingly artistic and just astounding. The workshop was amazing as well.
Beautiful outdoor installations at Transjo Glashytta.
Extra photos from the roadtrip to Kalmar:
Swedish mile marker
Adorable playhouse in someone's front yard...
Church where we found some Lundgrens
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