It’s maal-muuuoh (Malmö), as explained to me by both my next door neighbor Peter and host dad, Hans-Erik. This also led to them making me repeat the name for a solid five minutes.
I went to Malmö, Sweden this weekend, a hop skip and jump across a bridge from Copenhagen (by train, not on foot!). I wish I could put into words the adventures and experiences of my day, but a much better explanation is through some key points below!
natural beauty: I tried to really take notice of the beauty around me today, via the historical squares, the various sculptures (everywhere) and the breeze from the ocean.
rad dads: We were able to navigate to the Malmö Castle, which has a Moat!! It was once used for Jewish Internment Camp Refugees and today has multiple exhibitions of art and historical artifacts. I found the “Swedish Dads” exhibit to be the most entertaining of the bunch we explored. The project can be found online at:
[ http://www.johanbavman.se/swedish-dads/]
do-the-twist: a “must-see” of Malmö was mentioned multiple times was the building, the Twisting Torso. Below, I did “the twist”.
acceptance: A group of us went “Winter Bathing” in the Baltic Sea. All day long we were anticipating how crazy of an idea this was, but it once again showed me the importance of being open-minded and truly understanding and accepting of all. It also ended up being the high point of the day!
[ photos were not allowed, due to the fact that winter bathing is done nude, so below is a picture of “the crew” afterwards]
