I've been in Uppsala, Sweden, in August for Uppsala International Summer Session. It's a language programme for adults of all language levels to improve their Swedish that takes place over three or more weeks every summer. There's a morning language class assigned by level, and in the afternoon there are classes on different topics about Swedish culture. I'm proud to say that I successfully passed up a language level by the end of the three weeks! For the afternoon class, I took the poetry course where we studied the Swedish poet Karin Boye. I have tried to translate a few of her poems before and it was really insightful to discuss her poetry, especially in Uppsala where she studied and wrote many of her early poems. There was a group field trip to Gamla Uppsala, Sigtuna, and Skokloster Slott, and on one of the Sundays I also visited Fjällnora near Uppsala.
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| Uppsala Domkyrka |
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| Inside domkyrkan |
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| Inside domkyrkan |
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| Rune stone in Uppsala |
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| Rune stone in Uppsala |
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| Fyrisån, Uppsala |
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| Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala |
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| Karin Boye Biblioteket, Uppsala |
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| Stadsbiblioteket, Uppsala |
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| I got a card! |
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| Yll & Tyll, Uppsala |
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| Läslusen Barnbokhandel, Uppsala |
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| Uppsala Botanical Gardens |
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| Botanical Gardens |
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| Botanical Gardens |
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| Botanical Gardens |
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| Uppsala Slott |
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| Gamla Uppsala |
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| Tant Bruns Kaffestuga, Sigtuna |
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| My interesting smörgås |
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| Skokloster Slott |
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| Wallpaper made from skins? |
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Motto above the children's room. I love this!
It means: Let's do this, no matter what. |
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| Who's this guy? |
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| Fjällnora |
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| Fjällnora |
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| Wild blåbär! |
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| I brought my knitting |
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