I think the summer solstice was on Monday June 21 this year, but the Swedes celebrate it on a Friday, so they can have a three day weekend. A lot of people, including our hosts, Ed and Eva, go out of town for the weekend, so we're here in their house without them tonight.
Lars Alm invited us to the big public Midsommar celebration in the small town of Berg, near his home in Ljunsbro. We watched the raising of the pole, and then joined the crowd in dancing around it to funny folk songs where you imitate various animals.
Later in the afternoon we spent some quiet time at a nearby church that was first built in the 1100s. It's a place we remember fondly from when we lived here 18 years ago. Finally we drove out to another place with good memories, the castle at Vadstena on the shore of lake Vättern.
Tomorrow we drive to Stockholm, and turn in the rental car.
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