Post by Ella. The Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art. I’ve never seen anything like it. All the work that goes into creating public art: the sketches, models, schematics, the prep work, where does it all end up? Some brilliant person at Lund University had the idea to collect all these works….
Day: May 9, 2023
Malmo fantasy explained
Post by Grubb. The fantasy world that I thought would be Malmo actually turns out to be an open-air museum in Lund called the Kuturen in Lund. Stretching over two blocks, buildings replicating structures that Scandinavians have lived in since the Middle Ages are laid out in a village format and open for inspection. It was like…
Crazy about that crypt
Post by Grubb Along with graveyards, Ella and I enjoy the quiet seclusion of a good crypt. The Lund Cathedral, an early 12th century Nordic monument to Romanesque architecture, has a crypt made up of stone arches, carved sarcophagi, and several like “the giant Finn and his wife.” Legend has it that the giant helped build the…
Lundsfan
Post by Grubb. I didn’t know what expect from Lund, a university town northeast of Malmo, about thirty minutes by train. But after spending most of the day there, I’m a definitely a Lundsfan. The university is over 400 years old, so it has the cloistered charm of a scholarly retreat where the ponds are quiet and…
All in a day
Post by Ella. A brief mention for food. I have no pictures. But breakfast was provided by the hotel and what a spread it was. All kinds of breads and cheeses, jams, muesli (thinking of you Wynette and Charlie) with all kinds of add ons like lingon berries, sunflower seeds, etc. juices and smoothies. Eggs….
Didn’t get enough of the Disgusting Food museum?
Post by Ella No pictures of yucky food, I promise. The entrance ticket is a barf bag. And if that isn’t enough, there is a tasting bar at the end where you can play Disgusting Bingo. And partake in a Chile Challenge where the heat ranges from 1.2 million scoville units to off the charts…