I accidentally hit publish instead of save on yesterday’s blog, so it went out before the end of the day’s activities (and not proofed–thanks Jean and Marv for a correction).
I stayed at Johannelund after the faculty meeting and worked on Swedish in my office until time to meet my new boss, Kjell, the Rektor, and Hans, the Direktor. They took me out to dinner in Uppsala, showing me around some of the city. Here are some of the views:
The castle is the highest ground in this amazingly flat land. However, the king set up cannon which points to …
The cathedral is the center of all the arch-bishop stuff in Sweden. This means that Uppsala is the center of the Church of Sweden.
To the left of the view of the cathedral, is the view of …
Uppsala was the home Carl Linneaus, one of botany’s famous scientists, who developed the binomial nomenclature system. He is known as “the father of modern taxonomy.”
There is a Linnaeus Garden too:
We had a nice dinner at a riverfront restaurant. I had to try a very Swedish dish:
Ikea’s meatballs are cardboard compared to these. However, my Swedish dinner partners said they were “American-sized” meatballs, as typically, meatballs here are smaller.
We then walked down the riverbank with some great views of the cathedral.
It was great to be out as well as have a nice evening with my number 1 and 2 bosses here.
Thursday was spent in another day of faculty meeting discussions.
It was another full day of Swedish. I’m feverishly trying to listen for words I know. I pick out some. Yay! But most of the time, I’m lost. Sigh!
Today, Anya met with a student who is one year ahead of her in the International Baccalaureate program at the Cathedral School, established in 1246! She got a lot of questions answered, so she feels ready for school tomorrow!
(Och Catharina, grattis på födelsedagen!)
With blessings,
Beth
Tack! Du måste ha tålamod med svenskan. Ska bli spännande och se hur du förstår i jul 😀