Domkirken i Lund / Lund Cathedral

Domkirken i Lund er et spændende sted! Som regel går jeg forbi udenfor, men i mandags var jeg indenfor. Domkirken var jo i allerhøjeste grad dansk da den blev bygget i 1100-tallet. Der er et meget fint, astronomisk ur fra 1300-tallet som viser tid, dato, månefase og stjernetegn. Vældigt kompliceret!

The Cathedral in Lund is a very exciting place! Usually I just walk past it, but on Monday I went inside. So the Cathedral was very much Danish when it was build in the around 1100 A.D. There is a very beautiful, astronomic clock that was build at the end of the 1300s showing time, date, moon-phase and zodiac signs. Very complex!

To gange om dagen løfter de to mænd deres trompet og spiller, og de vise mænd går forbi jomfru Maria og Jesusbarnet. Det fik jeg lige set og det er virkelig fint! Jeg forstår slet ikke hvordan man kan få sådan noget til at fungere! 

Twice a day the two men lift their trumpets and play, and the wise men pass the virgin Mary and baby Jesus. I got to see that and it's really an experience! I do not get how you can get things like this to work!

En gang jeg kom forbi var der koncert. Akustikken er fantastisk! Det er virkelig en smuk kirke. 

I kirkens nordlige tårn er biskoppen Peder Winstrup begravet. Han er en meget velbevaret mumie som først lå i krypten, men i 2014 kom op og blev undersøgt inden han blev genbegravet i tårnet. Da tårnene blev renoveret for et par år siden kom han ned fra tårnet men blev pænt sat på plads igen. Han var først dansk, så svensk biskop i sin levetid og var med til at starte Lunds universitet. 

Once I passed by there was a concert. The acoustics are amazing! It is such a beautiful church. 

In the Northern tower the bishop Peder Winstrup is buried. He is a very well-kept mummy that was first lying in the crypt, but in 2014 he was taken out and investigated before he was re-buried in the tower. When the towers were renovated a few years back he came down but was put back afterwards. He was first the Danish bishop, then the Swedish and he was part of building the Lund university. 

Men nu til cliffhangeren! Da jeg skulle til samtale i Lund for 11 år siden var jeg godt nok noget nervøs. Hvordan skulle det gå? Jeg gik en lille tur ind i domkirken og så det danske flag og tænkte at det føltes lidt tryggere! 

Men HVORFOR hænger Dannebrog der? Da Dannebrog i 1219 faldt ned fra himlen i Tallin så vi fik vores flag, var det ærkebiskop Andreas Sunesen som modtog det! Det er så længe siden at han overtog jobbet som ærkebiskop i Lund fra selveste Absalon! For, ja, det var dengang Lund var dansk og alt det her var en meget vigtig del af Danmark. 

Er det ikke vildt?

But now for the cliffhanger! When I was applying for the job in Lund 11 years ago, I was quite nervous. How would it be? I went into the cathedral and saw the Danish flag and actually thought it felt a bit more like home! 

But WHY is Dannebrog hanging there? When Dannebrog (our flag) fell from heaven in Tallin in 1219, giving us our flag, it was the archbishop Andreas Sunesen who received it! It is so many years ago that he actually got the job as archbishop from no other than Absalon! (The founder of Copenhagen.) Because, yeah, that was when Lund was Danish and all this was a very important part of Denmark. 

Isn't it mind-blowing?

Lund uden arbejde / Lund without working

I går var første dag i min ferie. Jeg brugte den på at tage til Lund! Jeg skulle klippes og fik en dag ud af det! 

Det med frisøren begyndte under Covid da alle frisører i Danmark havde lukket og jeg til sidst bookede en tid i Sverige. Og nu er det bare nemmere. Det er tæt på stationen, og de klipper mig pænt! Jeg er bare ikke så god til at bestille tid i god tid, så nu blev det i ferien! Efter en god gang klipning gik jeg lige en tur i garnbutikken på vej over til Mui Gong hvor jeg fik Kung Pao Chicken. Det var SÅ lækkert, og det er nok første gang at nogen har taget billede af bomuldsgarn med maden.....

Derfra gik jeg i "Kulturen", et frilandsmuseum midt i Lund. Det ligger på begge sider af en gade jeg har gået på rigtig mange gange, og jeg har længe tænkt det ville være fint at se! Det er et rigtig fint museum. Det er altså vildt hvordan livet var for bare 200 år siden og hvor fattigt folk boede! Dagene gik mere eller mindre med at sikre sig at familien overlevede det næste år. Fremtidsudsigterne for unge mennesker er virkelig helt anderledes i dag! Jeg så også en udstilling om Slaget ved Lund i 1676. Det er helt umuligt at forestille sig 9000 dræbte på en enkelt dag i området der. 

Til sidst var jeg lige forbi domkirken og fandt ud af hvorfor det danske flag hænger der. Det må I høre mere om en anden gang!

Yesterday was the first day of my vacation. I spent it going to Lund! I was getting a haircut and decided to make it a day!

The haircutting thing started during Covid, when all hairdressers in Denmark were closed and I ended up booking an appointment in Sweden. And now it's just the easy thing to do. It's very close to the railway station and it looks nice! I'm just not very good booking an appointment weeks before I need it, so now I did it during my vacation! After my haircut I visited the yarn shop on the way to Mui Gong where I had Kung Pao Chicken. SO yummy, and I guess it was the first time ever anyone took a photo of cotton with the food.....

Then I went to "Kulturen", an open-air museum in the middle of Lund. There is a street going through it with walls on both sides, and I walked that street and wanted to visit! It's a really nice museum. It's crazy how life was just 200 years ago and how poor people were living. They spend their days making sure their family would survive the next year. The future looks really different for young people our days! I also saw an exhibition about the Battle of Lund in 1676. It's impossible imagining 9000 people killed in just one day in that area. 

I ended up visiting the cathedral and found out why the Danish flag is hanging there. More about that subject some other time!

 

Lund

I går havde jeg besøg af tøserne fra Haslev, og vi tog en ÆGTE tur til Sverige! I Lund prøvede en af dem at klatre op på den store granitpude. Det kunne hun ikke - den er helt vildt glat! Lillesøsteren påstod at HUN sagtens kunne, men ingen troede på det. 

Det er virkelig fint lige nu med alle de blomstrende træer. 

Yesterday, the girls from Haslev came, and we went on a GENUINE trip to Sweden! In Lund one of them tried climbing up on the big granite pillow. She couldn't do it - it's polished! Her little sister claimed that SHE could definitely do it, but no-one believed her. 

It's so pretty right now with all the trees in bloom.

Dagens første stop var på sygehuset så vi kunne gå på toilettet. Og de kunne få slik fra min slik-skuffe på kontoret. (De kan OGSÅ lide islandsk slik!)

Bagefter gik vi gennem kælderen så langt vi overhovedet kunne til den anden ende af sygehuset. De prøvede at hoppe op og nå loftet. Den ældste kunne godt, ikke den lille. Det er utroligt så mange gange der er under sådan et sygehus! Vi gik virkelig langt.

The first stop of the day was at the hospital so we could go to the bathroom. And they could get chocolate from my sweets-drawer at my office. (They ALSO like Icelandic sweets!)

Afterwards, we walked through the basement as long as we could to the other end of the hospital. They tried jumping to reach the roof. The oldest one could, not the youngest. It's incredible how many passages there are under a hospital! We walked really far. 

Resten af dagen gik med legetøjsbutik, køre med det lilla tog, se SF bok med alle de sjove ting, kigge på badebomber i Lush og spise dumplings. Det var deres første gang med dumplings og de elskede det! Caféen var lidt spøjs med lyset slukket, men maden var frisklavet og virkelig god. Vi sluttede af med et besøg i et asiatisk supermarked som var relativt stort. Jeg tror det kommer med på listen over ting man SKAL i fremtiden! 

Det var en dejlig dag. 

The rest of the day was filled with visiting the toy store, ride the purple train, visit the bookstore SF bok with all the fun stuff, checking out the bath bombs in Lush and eat dumplings. It was their first taste of dumplings and they loved it! The café was a bit weird without the lights on, but the food was freshly made and really tasty. We ended the trip with a visit to an Asian supermarket that was well-sized. I do think it will be on the MUST list in the future!

It was such a lovely day. 

Stockholm

I går var jeg i Stockholm! For at komme derop i nogenlunde tid (og jeg kom faktisk halvanden time for sent) tog jeg toget kl. 06 fra Malmö C. Min kollega tog toget kl. 04 fra Lund for at komme til tiden, men så meget viljestyrke havde jeg altså ikke! 

Jeg synes det bliver nogle rigtig fine billeder der på stationen med toget og morgenhimlen! Det er vildt det her at det nu bare er lyst når man vågner. Det går hurtigt! 

Yesterday I went to Stockholm! To get there in a reasonable time (and I was 1.5 hours late, actually) I took a train at 6 am from Malmö C. My colleague took a train at 4 am from Lund to be there in time, but I did not have that much will power!

I do think the photos from the station with the train and the morning sky are so pretty! It's amazing that by now it's just light outside when you wake up. I happens so fast!

Toget hjem havde jeg booket ret sent så jeg kunne nå at gå en tur i Stockholm og komme ned i Gamla Stan. Der er så hyggeligt! Det var et godt møde og jeg fik strikket nærmest hele ryggen på piratsweateren. Jeg nåede også i den lille butik hvor de har så fine keramik øreringe og jeg fik købt et par øreringe. Det var en rigtig god tur selv om jeg først var hjemme nærmest ved midnat. 

Det er jo også ved at være forår i Stockholm, men der var stadig lidt is i vandet. 

The train home was booked quite late because I wanted to go for a walk in Stockholm and go to Gamla Stan. It's so cozy there! The meeting was really good and I got to knit almost the entire back for the pirate sweater. I also went to the small shop with the pretty ceramic earrings and I bought a pair. It was a really nice trip although it was almost midnight before I got home. 

It's also spring in Stockholm, but there was still a bit of ice in the water. 

Lidt Stockholm / A bit of Stockholm

I går var jeg en lille tur i Stockholm til et møde. Jeg skulle flyve derop, og jeg må indrømme at jeg havde glædet mig helt enormt til at se solopgangen fra flyet! Den skuffede ikke, og jeg glæder mig SÅ meget til solen dukker op når jeg kører over broen på arbejde!

Yesterday I went for a small trip to Stockholm for a meeting. I was flying up, and I can be completely honest and tell you that I had been so excited that I was going to see the sunrise from the plane! I was not disappointed, and I just can't WAIT until I get to see it when on the bridge going to work!

Der var lidt sne deroppe. Så fint!

They had a bit of snow up there. So pretty!

Udover et rigtig godt, fagligt møde med kolleger fra rundt omkring i landet havde jeg også den store fornøjelse at nummer to boomeranghæl nærmest strikkede sig selv! Måske kan jeg nu?

Apart from a really great work meeting with colleagues from around the country, I also had the very great joy that the second short row heel almost just knit itself! Maybe I master it by now?

Jeg cyklede til og fra lufthavnen. Det føles meget anderledes at cykle til en flyvetur! Det går ikke når jeg skal have kufferter med, selvfølgelig. 

I rode my bike to the airport and back. It feels really strange taking the bike to go flying! It doesn't work when I'm bringing suitcases, though. 

Ægte / Genuine

Jeg har besøg af pigerne fra Haslev, og selvfølgelig skulle vi en tur til Sverige! En ÆGTE tur! Det er simpelthen så hyggeligt at tage dem med i den store legetøjsbutik i Lund, og også på denne tur gik der meget lang tid med at vælge det helt rigtige......

The girls from Haslev are visiting, and of course we had to go to Sweden on a GENUINE trip! It's so nice to bring them to the big toy store in Lund, and even on this trip it took them very long to pick the exactly right things......

Turen er blevet udvidet med Malmö. Dels kan de køre i de lilla tog (Pågatåg), dels er der gode butikker der også! 

Denne gang var de optaget af at klatre op på ALTING! Jeg var ved at blive vanvittig af hele tiden at sige nej! Men vi hyggede os mest. De fik kigget på et par springvand (og det lykkedes mig at få dem til IKKE at stikke fødderne i.....). 

Our trip is now including Malmö. Partly because they can then ride the purple train (Pågatåg), partly because there are great shops! 

This time, they were climbing on EVERYTHING! It was driving me crazy having to say no all the time! But mostly we had fun. They checked out a few fountains (and I managed to keep them from sticking their feet in the water.....).

SF bok i Malmö er med på turen. Det plejede at være fordi de har Harry Potter ting, men denne gang var det mere manga-bøger og andre ting som trak. De bliver jo større! De fik da også fundet nogle ting de gerne ville have. Alting føles så meget billigere når man betaler i svenske kroner. 

Det var en rigtig hyggelig dag, de blev dejligt trætte, og jeg tror faktisk de gerne vil til Sverige næste gang igen. Jeg klager ikke!

SF bok in Malmö is also on the list. Usually because they have Harry Potter stuff, but this time it was the manga books and other stuff they wanted to look at. They grow bigger! So they did find some things they wanted. Everything feels cheaper when paying with Swedish kroners. 

It was such a nice day, they ended up tired, and I do think they want to go to Sweden again when they visit me next time. I'm not complaining!

Jeg nåede det hele / I found time for everything

Efter at deltage i kursus i går formiddags gik turen ud i byen igen. Jeg startede nede ved færgerne, købte en billet og hoppede på den første som skulle sejle. Det kostede ikke noget, viste det sig. Den sejlede over til den anden side af havnen hvor der er en skole - jeg gik lidt rundt og sejlede så tilbage igen. Selvom turen var kort var det hyggeligt!

After being at the course yesterday morning, I went out in the city again. I started at the ferries, bought a ticket and jumped on board the first one setting out. Turned out it was a free ferry, actually. It went to the other side of the harbor where there is a school - I walked around a bit and then took a ferry back. Although it was a short trip, it was still nice! 

Derefter tog jeg på museum. Kunstmuseum! Der er en udstilling lige nu med Ilon Wikland, hende der har illustreret mere eller mindre alle Astrid Lindgrens bøger. Det var virkelig fantastisk at se! Så mange billeder jeg husker fra min barndom, og så meget følelse i alle de fine billeder. Desuden kostede det sølle 70 SEK at komme ind i Göteborgs kunstmuseum. 

Next, I went to a museum. An art museum! They have an exhibition right now with Ilon Wikland, the lady who illustrated more or less all of Astrid Lindgrens books. It was so amazing seeing these! So many pictures that I remember from my childhood, and so much feelings in all the beautiful pictures. Furthermore, it just cost 70 SEK to visit the Gothenburg art museum. 

Ilon Wiklund kunne virkelig tegne essensen af et børneliv, hvor en lille lejlighed fik utroligt mange detaljer og man ligesom kunne se ting i børnehøjde. Her i et hjørne var der en sporvogn - så mange detaljer om alt muligt. ¨

Jeg så også resten af museet. Mere eller mindre - der er meget! Det var helt klart et dejligt besøg og jeg er glad for at jeg gjorde det!

Ilon Wiklund could really draw the essence of a childs life, making even small apartments bursting with details and make it posible to see stuff through the child's eyes. In this corner was a tram - so many details!

I also saw the rest of the museum. More or less - there are lots! It was definitely such a nice visit and I'm very glad I did it!

Men bagefter gjorde mine fødder ondt, og det var perfekt at komme tilbage til hotellet og spise et par vafler. Det der med gratis vafler om eftermiddagen er nok det mest geniale jeg har oplevet på et hotel!

But afterwards, my feet hurt, and it was perfect going back to the hotel, eating a couple of waffles. The thing with free waffles in the afternoon is the most perfect thing I've experienced in a hotel! 

Göteborg

I dag skal jeg undervise på et kursus i Göteborg sammen med en børnekirurg. Så i går tog jeg toget nordpå og fik brugt togturen på at forberede mig en hel del. Jeg har fri denne uge (nå ja - på en måde, altså!) og har bestemt at jeg tager et par dage i Göteborg så jeg kan nå at bare hygge mig og kigge på alt det jeg normalt ikke når. 

Det første blev selvfølgelig at tage ud til Børnehospitalet - som iøvrigt er virkelig fint! Vi fik ret hurtigt styr på vores fælles foredrag, heldigvis. 

Today, I'm having a presentation at a course in Gothenburg with a Pediatric surgeon. So yesterday I took the train North and spent the train ride preparing. This week is off from work (oh well - kind of!) so I decided to take a few days off in Gothenburg to have time to just hang out, looking at the stuff that I normally don't have time for. 

First thing, of course, was going to the Children's Hospital - which by the way looks really pretty! Combining our presentations was quickly done, fortunately. 

Derefter fandt jeg mit hotel og tjekkede ind. På vej tilbage til byen kom jeg forbi Göteborgs eneste slot. Lad mig bare sige, at jeg IKKE var imponeret! Dette er simpelthen "Drottning Kristinas Jaktslott". Nogen burde skamme sig, at kalde det et SLOT! 

Then I went to my hotel and checked in. Going back towards the city center, I passed the only castle in Gothenburg. Let's just say that I was NOT impressed! This is actually "Drottning Kristinas Jaktslott" (Queen Kristinas hunting castle). Somebody should be ashamed to call this a CASTLE!

Næste stop havde jeg set rigtig meget frem til. Jeg er mange gange gået forbi denne her butik udenfor åbningstiden, og mine forventninger var store! 

Jeg blev IKKE skuffet. Jeg har aldrig set så mange forskellige knapper og bånd i sådan en lille butik. Jeg kunne ikke lige finde ud af at købe noget fordi der bare var så meget, men jeg håber jeg kommer forbi igen. Der var virkelig meget fint, så hvis du nogensinde kommer forbi når der er åbent, så kig indenfor!

My next stop was something I had been looking forward to for a very long time. I have walked past this shop outside of the opening hours, and my expectations were very high!

I was NOT disappointed. I've never seen so many different buttons and ribbons in such a small shop. I simply couldn't decide on buying anything because there was so much to choose from, but I do hope I get in there again. There were so many pretty things, so if you happen to pass this shop when it's open, then check it out!

Derudover gik jeg i Systembolaget og fandt en julegin! Sådan en speciel en fra Göteborg som jeg vil glæde mig til at smage på. Den ser vildt lækker ud! Jeg var også i en boghandel eller to (den sidste boghandel havde utroligt meget fint garn, så det var ikke nemt at gå ud igen!), så I kan nok regne ud at min shopping er ret bred. Eller nørdet. 

Da jeg valgte hotel havde jeg ingen anelse om at lige det her hotel har gratis vafler hver dag mellem 16 og 21. Det var bare perfekt som "dessert" efter aftensmaden og jeg tror faktisk også jeg skal have en i aften. 

Ellers bliver eftermiddagsplanerne for i dag et museum (tror jeg), lidt mere shopping (jeg skal også i kaffehandlen heroppe!) og måske en tur ud at sejle med et af de skibe som sejler rundt til de små øer. Jeg håber de sejler nu om vinteren også. Hvis jeg når meget er det fint. Hvis jeg ikke når så meget er det også fint. Hyggen er det vigtigste!

I also went to Systembolaget and found a Christmas gin! A special Gothenburg kind of gin that I'm really looking forward to tastin. It looks so yummy! I also visited a book store or two (the last one had so much lovely yarn, so I had a hard time leaving it!), so I guess you know by now that I have a broad taste in shopping. Or quite nerdy. 

When I picked my hotel, I had no idea that this very hotel have fee waffles every day between 4 and 9 p.m. 

It was so perfect as "desert" after dinner, and I do think I'll have one tonight as well. 

Otherwise, the afternoon plans for today are a museum (I think), some more shopping (I want to visit the tea- and coffee shop too!) and maybe to go sailing with one of the ships going out to the small islands. I do hope they are active during the winter as well. If I do a lot of those things, it's fine. If not, that's also fine. Just doing what I feel like is the most important thing!

Kalmar

I går var jeg med en af vores fysioterapeuter i Kalmar. Det er det sygehus som ligger allerlængst væk af dem vi samarbejder med - hele 3,5 time i tog fra Tårnby! - så jeg skulle virkelig tidligt op! Faktisk allerede 04.15. 

Jeg tænkte at den lange togtur kunne bruges på det langsommelige sjal. Smart tænkt, men det var bare ikke så langsomt at blive færdig med som jeg troede. Faktisk var sjalet færdigt og enderne hæftet før vi kom til Kalmar, og jeg havde ikke mere strikketøj med. Men det var rart at det er færdigt!

So yesterday, I went to Kalmar with one of our physiotherapists. It is the hospital furthest away of the ones we work with - actually 3.5 hours train ride from Tårnby! - so I had to get up really early! Actually the alarm went off at 4.15 a.m. 

I did think that the long train ride could be used for the slow-growing shawl. Really smart, but actually it wasn't as slow as I thought. Actually the shawl was finished and the ends sewn in before we arrived in Kalmar, and I didn't bring any more knitting. But it feels so good that it's done!

Det var ren luksus da vi ankom - vi blev hentet på stationen i bil af en kollega og kørt direkte til sygehuset. Og så gik det slag i slag med patienter. Både dem vi mødte og dem vi skulle diskutere. Vi blev også godt beværtet, så vi gik virkelig ikke sultne fra sygehuset! 

Vi ville GÅ til stationen, og på den måde havde vi den store glæde at gå på frosne fortove og brosten. 

Det var min første gang i Kalmar, og det her var vist det eneste rigtige billede jeg fik. Fint, ikke? Det føles jo som en dansk by på en eller anden måde, selvom det var mange år siden!

When we arrived, it was so luxurious - we got a lift from the station to the hospital from a colleague with a car. And then the day just flew by with patients. Both the ones we met and the ones we were discussing. We also had a lot to eat, so we didn't leave the hospital hungry!

We wanted to WALK to the station, so we had the very great joy of walking on frozen sidewalks and cobblestones. It was my first time in Kalmar, and I think this was the only real photo I got. Pretty, huh? Somehow it feels like a Danish town although that was many years ago!

Jeg købte ihvertfald et postkort med det fine slot! En eller anden gang bliver jeg nødt til at komme derhen igen OG tage til Øland som ligger lige ved siden af, og hvor der skulle være helt vildt fint. 

Der er så mange steder i Sverige som det kunne være spændende at se! (Og i Danmark. Der er meget jeg mangler!) Men det sjoveste for mig er selvfølgelig at se syge børn. Uanset hvor jeg er......

So I bought a postcard with the beautiful castle, at least! At some point I have to go there again AND visit Øland that is a neighbor to Kalmar. A really pretty island!

There are so many interesting places in Sweden that could be nice to see! (And in Denmark. So many places I've never seen!) But for me, the most fun part is meeting ill children. No matter where I am.....

Mere fra Sverige / More from Sweden

Denne gang skal jeg prøve noget nyt mens jeg er på ferie! Min niece og hendes familie skal låne mit hus, så jeg købte lige nogle flere - temmelig svenske! - ting som de kan hygge sig med. 

Jordbærjuice og pærejuice! Baconost på tube. Morgenmad med hindbærsmag i havrehjerterne. Sådan noget kikse-smørepålæg (som faktisk smager rigtig godt!). 

Jeg håber de hygger sig med at være i Tårnby! (Og evt. vander tomaterne hvis de har brug for det....)

This time I will be trying something new while on vacation! My niece and her family are borrowing my house, so I bought a few more - quite Swedish! - things they can try. 

Juice from strawberries and pear-juice. Bacon cheese in a tube. Breakfast oat hearts with raspberry taste. Spread with bisquit-taste (which is actually really nice!) 

I do hope they will have a nice time in Tårnby! (And maybe water the tomatoes if it's needed.....)

Ting fra Sverige / Stuff from Sweden

Jeg får tit at vide at jeg skal handle i Sverige fordi det er meget billigere. Men det bliver ikke til så meget! Jeg stoler ikke rigtig på deres kaffe, deres havregryn eller deres rugbrød. Som jeg jo lever ret meget af! Til gengæld køber jeg kötbuller og Nutella, og i går da jeg skulle ned og købe aftensmad kom det her også med hjem. Vaffelblanding og nogle billige fiskeoliekapsler. Med laks, ganske vist. 

Fiskeolien skal jeg nok få spist. Så må jeg se hvordan det bliver med vaflerne! Det er godt nok sjældent jeg spiser det, men der var også opskrift på bare 2 vafler, så det kan da godt være jeg tager et par stykker af dem ind imellem?

People often tell me to do grocery shopping in Sweden because it's so much cheaper. But I don't do it much! I don't really trust their coffee, their oatmeal or their rye bread. Which I basically survive on! But I do happily buy kötbuller and Nutella, and yesterday when I was buying my dinner, I brought home this. Waffle mix and some cheap fish oil capsules. With salmon oil, which is different. 

I'm sure to get the fish oil eaten. And then I will see what to do with the waffles! I rarely eat it, but they also described how to make just 2 waffles, so maybe I'll try that some time?

Tillykke, Sverige! / Congratulations, Sweden!

I dag er det Sveriges nationaldag! Hvert eneste år bliver jeg meget skuffet over at jeg IKKE ser mine kolleger i nationaldragten når vi er på kongres! Hvert eneste år bliver jeg spurgt om hvornår det er Danmarks nationaldag. Og hvert eneste år ved jeg ikke helt hvad jeg skal svare. Altså - 5. juni er vel en slags nationaldag? Men man får jo ikke fri. Heller ikke 15. juni når det er flagets dag. Så det er vi ikke så gode til i Danmark!

Men tillykke til Sverige, ihvertfald! Håber at jeg en eller anden gang ser dem alle i nationaldragt. 

Todays is the Swedish national day! Every single year I'm very disappointed that I do NOT see my colleagues wearing their national costume when we are at the conference! Every single year someone asks me when the Danish national day is, and every single year I don't know what to say. You know - June 5th is a kind of national day! But nobody's off from work. June 15th is our flag day, but no holiday there either. We are not very good at that in Denmark!

But congratulations, Sweden, anyway! Hopefully I will some time get to see everyone in their costumes. 

Rundt i Sverige / Around Sweden

I går var jeg lige en tur i Jönköping med en af vores fysioterapeuter! Vi skulle på besøg på børneafdelingen som følger nogle af vores CF børn, og det havde været planlagt længe. Jeg skulle kun en halv time tidligere op end normalt, så det var ikke så slemt. Det var en meget fin morgen på stationen i Malmö, og da nattoget så rullede ind fra Stockholm var det en helt perfekt tog-morgen! (Ja, jeg ved det. Lidt tog-gal er man vel, selv om jeg godt ved at man sover elendigt på nattoget!)

Yesterday, I went to Jönköping and back with one of our physiotherapists! We were visiting the pediatric department where some of our CF kids are followed, and the visit was planned for a long time. I had to get up just 30 minutes earlier than normal, so that wasn't too bad. It was a beautiful morning at the station in Malmö, and when the night-train from Stockholm arrived, my morning train-wise was perfect! (Yeah, I know. I love trains although I know you sleep horribly on the night train!)

Der er virkelig fint i Jönköping! Det var også virkelig hyggeligt på sygehuset - da vi kom ind i ambulatoriet sad den første mor og barn og spejdede efter os. Det er altid sjovt at se de børn og forældre jeg kender med deres læge på hjemmesygehuset! Det er også virkelig rart at styrke samarbejdet med vores kolleger ved at møde dem "hjemme". 

Jönköping is really pretty! We had a great time at the hospital - when we entered the out-patient clinic, the first mother and child were there, looking for us. It's always fun to see the children and parents that I know with their doctor at the "home hospital". It's also really nice strengthening the co-operation with our colleagues by visiting them "at home". 

Vel tilbage i Malmö skulle jeg ikke hjem. Der var nemlig fest for lægerne på børneafdelingen! Vores dresscode var "barnlig", og de fleste af os "gamle" læger havde virkelig gjort noget ud af det, mens de unge var temmelig forsigtige i udklædningen. 

Min niece havde hjulpet mig med lige at sammensætte en lyserød kjole, grønne strømpebukser, min denimjakke med Stitch og Disney-ører. Samt denne her fine tryllestav som jeg købte til outfittet. 

Det var en rigtig hyggelig aften, selv om jeg tog lidt tidligere hjem. 

Well back in Malmö I was not going home. We had a doctor's party for the pediatric clinic! Our dresscode was "childish", and most of us "old" doctors were really dressed up silly, while the young ones were a bit more discreet. 

My niece helped me put together a pink dress, green pantyhose, my denim-jacket with Stitch and Disney-ears. I bought this pretty wand to complete the outfit. 

It was a really nice evening, although I went home a bit early. 

Gøteborg / Gothenburg

I tirsdags fik jeg det her fine billede af min nieces lille pige som nu er blevet stor nok til at (næsten) passe den kjole jeg syede til hende til hendes barnedåb! Hun ser lidt forbavset ud, det lille pus, men helt utroligt sød. Hun har præcis de samme øjne som jeg kan huske fra min niece var baby! Jeg må have fundet et billede og sendt til hendes mor så hun kan se det. 

On Tuesday, I got this beautiful photo of my niece's little girl who is now big enough to (almost) fit the dress I sewed for her as a baptism gift! She looks quite surprised, this tiny person, but so incredibly cute. Her blue eyes are exactly as I remember from when my niece was a baby! I have to find a picture and send it to her mom so she can see it. 

Derefter tog jeg til Göteborg til et møde. Jeg havde tænkt jeg skulle arbejde i toget. Først var der alt for mange mennesker og kun ståpladser. Så fik jeg en siddeplads i en smeltende varm vogn. Derefter holdt vi stille på en station i en halv time fordi der var folk på sporet. Så skiftede vi til et helt andet tog (med god plads og tilpas temperatur) på den næste station, og derefter føltes det som om jeg kom meget hurtigt frem. (Og fik arbejdet.)

Denne gang var det et møde om lungesygdomme hvor jeg mødtes med folk fra hele Sverige. Det er virkelig hyggeligt nu hvor jeg efterhånden har arbejdet så meget sammen med mine kolleger at jeg kender dem bedre. En kollega var fra Umeå. Det er virkelig langt oppe! Måske engang jeg skulle prøve at se noget deroppe?

Aftensmaden var vist nok helt vegetarisk og meget opfindsom. Det her er friturestegte risotto-boller. Med farverigt tilbehør. Point for opfindsomheden, men det er ikke lige noget jeg har lyst til at gentage...

Afterwards, I went to Gothenburg for a meeting. I planned to work on the train. At first, there were far too many people and only room to stand. Then I got to sit in a really hot waggon. Then we just stopped at a station for 30 minutes because of people on the tracks. Then we switched to another train (with plenty of seats and a nice temperature) at the next station, and after that it felt like I was in Gothenburg very fast. (And got to work.)

This time, it was a meeting about lung diseases, meeting people from all over Sweden. It's really nice now that I got to work quite a bit with my colleagues and knot them better. One colleague is from Umeå. That is really far up in Sweden! Maybe at some point I should try to get up there and see stuff? 

The dinner was vegetarian, I think, and very inventive. This is deep-fried risotto-balls. With colorful sides. I'd give points for the invention, but it's not something I would like to repeat.....

Hotellet var MEGET stort og fint! Virkelig mange trapper overalt!

Måske har jeg skrevet det før, men det kunne også være hyggeligt at komme til Göteborg et par dage en gang! Det er en fin by. 

The hotel was VERY big and fancy! A lot of staircases everywhere! 

Maybe I've written this before, but it would also be nice to go to Gothenburg for a few days some time! It is a really nice city. 

Intet møde uden strikketøj - og jeg blev færdig med min top! Jeg brugte stort set alt garnet, som I kan se, men behøvede ikke noget ekstra. 

Den er samme størrelse som den lyseblå jeg har, så det lykkedes virkelig! 

Nu skal den så bare vaskes og strækkes godt og så må jeg se hvordan det bliver. 

I øvrigt - togturen hjem var helt utroligt "kedelig". Et dejligt sæde, det kom til tiden og jeg strikkede det meste af vejen. Da jeg havde hæftet de 24 ender på toppen. 

No meeting without a knit project - and I finished my top! I more or less used all the yarn, as you can see, but I didn't need anything extra. 

The top is the same size as the blue one I have, so it was really perfect!

So now it just needs a wash and stretch, and then I'll see how it turns out.

By the way - the train ride home was incredibly "boring". A nice seat, it was on time and I knit most of the time. Once I sewed the 24 ends on the top, that is.

Stockholm

Der sker meget i denne uge! I starten af ugen var jeg til møde i Stockholm. Vi skulle starte tidligt mandag morgen, og der var ikke mange togbilletter om søndagen fordi alle skulle hjem fra Eurovision. 

Så til sidst blev det sådan at jeg og sygeplejersken fik en billet kl. 11.30 fra Lund så vi var i Stockholm sidst på eftermiddagen. Jeg ville gerne se Vasa-museet og det stakkels skib som sank næsten omgående da det blev sat i søen. Det ville hun også, så efter hurtig indtjekning på hotellet nåede vi 35 minutter på museet! 35! 

Det var dog nok til at komme hele vejen rundt om skibet som virkelig ikke lignede noget som kunne sejle. Jeg siger det bare.......

So many things are happening this week! In the beginning of the week, I was at a meeting in Stockholm. We were starting early on Monday morning, and there were not too many train tickets left on Sunday because everybody was going home from the Eurovision. So in the end the nurse and I had a train ticket for 11.30 a.m. from Lund, ending up in Stockholm late in the afternoon. I wanted to see the Vasa-museum with the poor ship that sank almost immediately after being put in the water. She also wanted that, so after a fast check-in at the hotel, we had as much as 35 minutes at the museum. 35!

It was enough to get all the way around the ship that truly did not looked like anything capable of sailing. Just telling you.....

Bagefter gik vi en dejlig tur tilbage til hotellet. Vi kom ind i Gamla Stan og fik set soldaternes vagtskifte ved slottet. 

Jeg kan KLART bedre lide den danske livgarde! 

Afterwards, we took a lovely walk back to the hotel. We walked through Gamla Stan and got to see the change of guards at the castle. 

I DEFINITELY like the Danish royal guard better!

Vi fik også en dejlig Marguerita med jordbær. Selvfølgelig KUN fordi vi skulle låne toilettet. 

Den var lækker og så iskold at den tog lang tid at drikke!

We also had a lovely Marguerita with strawberries. Of course our ONLY reason was to be able to use the bathroom. 

It was delicious and so cold that it took a while to drink!

Der er så mange mærkelige småbitte gader i den gamle by. De fleste meget smalle, men denne her meget lav. I det hele taget var det sjovt at være bare en lillebitte smule turist i Stockholm! Jeg må prøve igen engang, og så skal jeg altså se ABBA museet!

The old town has so many strange, tiny streets. Most of them very narrow, but this one very low. So all in all it was really funny being a tourist in Stockholm, although it was just for a bit of time! I want to try it again some time, and next time I want to see the ABBA museum!

Over broen / Across the bridge

Søndag fik jeg sandelig strikket! Og siddet i solen! Begge dele samtidig, faktisk. 

Først tog jeg i Kongens Have og spiste frokost og strikkede lidt. 

Der er altså bare så fint derinde! Jeg mødte nogle turister som roste mit strikketøj. Det var ret sjovt. 

So on Sunday I really got to knit! And sit in the sun! Both at the same time, actually. 

First, I went to Kings Garden and ate lunch and knit a bit. 

This park is just so pretty! I met a few tourists who told me they loved my knitting. That was fun. 

Bagefter tog jeg til Malmö og mødte min gamle kollega så vi lige kunne spise is. Jeg nåede også at købe en Harry Potter relateret gave til en som snart bliver 10 år og er helt tosset med Harry Potter!

Bagefter gik vi ned til havnen og sad. Så her er starten på strømpen også i Malmö. Den får set lidt, strømpen! Egentlig burde den være færdig og fremme hos min svigerinde i dag. Det er den ikke. Alle strømper virker lidt forsinkede i år!

Afterwards, I went to Malmö and met my old colleague so we could have ice cream. I also had time to find a Harry Potter related present for someone who will be 10 soon and is crazy about Harry Potter!

Afterwards, we went to sit by the harbor. So this is the beginning og the sock also going to Malmö! It get to see some things! I ought to be done and at my sister-in-law's today. It's not. All socks seems to be late this year!

Biblioteket / The library

På vej fra stationen til sygehuset går jeg tit op gennem det gamle sygehus og forbi det store universitetsbibliotek. Det er en lidt længere vej, men der er ret fint. Specielt er plænen foran biblioteket virkelig fin her om foråret! 

Biblioteket er så stort og fint, men jeg har ligesom aldrig nogensinde haft nogen grund til at gå derind. Så jeg kan jo forestille mig alt muligt!

On the way from the station to the hospital, I often take the rute through the old hospital, past the big university library. The road is a bit longer, but it's really pretty. Especially the lawn in front of the library looks pretty during spring!

The library looks so big and beautiful, but I never had any reason to go in there. So I have just been imagining a lot of stuff!

Men i onsdags kom dagen så! Min kollega skal som sagt forsvare sin Ph.D., men eftersom hun er på Island har jeg lovet at hjælpe med det praktiske. Hele tre eksemplarer skulle afleveres på biblioteket!

De er ved at renovere, så indgangen var flyttet rundt om hjørnet til en lille dør med en vindeltrappe i sten som førte op til et ret almindeligt biblioteksrum som lugtede rigtig meget af bøger. 

Altså - jeg ved ikke hvad jeg troede! Jeg havde bare ikke forventet mig sådan et helt almindelig bibliotek........

Jeg tror faktisk bare jeg fortsætter med at nyde det udefra. 

But this Wednesday was the day! As I told, my colleague will defend her Ph.D., but since she is in Iceland, I promised to help with the practicalities. A total of 3 of her books should be delivered to the library! They are renovating, so the entrance was moved around the corner - a little door with a spiral staircase made of stone that led up and up to a quite ordinary library room that smelled like books.

Well - I don't know what I imagined! It just didn't expect such an ordinary library room like that......

I do think I will just admire it from the outside in the future.