We took off towards the converted fortress museum (Malmo Museum) after wolfing down our breakfast. Boy was it an interesting and diverse place! They had all sorts of exhibits there....
They had an aquarium area that had all sorts of fish and underwater creatures as well as a few amphibians.
I can't remember what this particular species of fish is exactly... but I just thought he looked creepy. So I took a picture of him to share with all of you so that you could think he was creepy too.
They even had dinosaurs! Not real ones though....
Rounding the corner after the dinosaur exhibit.... we came to their hall dedicated to "Tolerance". They had a variety of stories from around the world about violence/intolerance witnessed by Swedish people.
There was even one from Duluth, MN!!! Pretty weird, huh?
The story was an account of a young Swedish boy living in Duluth who witnessed a crime but never spoke up or told the police that the man they let go was guilty. (That's what I remember translating from the Swedish writing anyway... it was something along those lines.) I think it was supposed to teach us that by keeping silent, we are promoting violence? I don't really know for sure.
Not that I should feel PROUD to say my college town is in a museum exhibit about violence....
But it is pretty cool to see a picture of an area I live next to in museum in a foreign country. Even if it isn't for the best reasons.
After learning about tolerance, we looked at some fake cute baby animals.
And then... we entered their "Health" exhibit...
Here we learned that HIV-AIDS is spread when you love someone... haha.
And we learned that love can also lead to babies...
And then Ryan got scared. So we high-tailed it outta there real quick-like... :)
Learning about the formation of babies was a bit much for the boys... so we went to the war history part of the fortress.
And then we moved onto some art exhibits...
Some of the art was really beautiful...
The scale of this picture doesn't really portray it very well, but this mural was painted in a massive dome. From far away it looks like tiles, but it's not....
And some of it... was a little... demented?
Not to mention strange....
They had this whole upper area that resembled an attic and it was filled with nothing but giant projection screens of... what would you call them? Independent films maybe? I don't know... Apparently it was art to someone. To me, it was just weird.
After getting our fill of nature, history, art, and all sorts of other lovely things... we headed to the train station to meet up with our friend Manuel.
And then... it was off to the chocolate factory! This is the last original chocolate factory that is still up and running in Sweden. They pride themselves on making "real" chocolate by adding as few ingredients as possible. Unfortunately, you have to schedule a tour in advance to actually SEE the factory... but we got to see a miniature museum exhibit about its history and sample some chocolates. They were fantastic!
Having liquor added for flavor was a very common theme. I thought the Bacardi Razz hearts looked nice, although I didn't try one.
Ryan, however, jumped at the chance to try their whiskey flavored chocolate. Go figure. ;)
He and Tyler both decided to try it....
Ryan is convinced now that the best thing to mix with whiskey is chocolate. After sampling a little bit, I'd have to say I agree. Although I'm not sure we'd have Katy Smith's vote on this one.... And she is THEE Whiskey Girl after all! ;)
After the chocolate factory, it was a whirlwind of suitcases, backpacks, busses, confusion, and different passes for about two hours until we finally boarded the train to Copenhagen.
But we made it on the train! It was just a short ride across the bridge and under the water to Copenhagen. That's right, I said under the water!
Speaking of water! Our hotel in Copenhagen was called the CabinInn. Not because it resembled a backwoods, Minnesota-style cabin though...
But because it felt like they had built a hotel around an actual cruise ship. Complete with the tiny room and bunkbeds.
And the airplane-sized bathroom that is completely taken up and when you wrap around the shower curtain to take a shower. Did I mention that it makes the entire floor wet too?
It's a good thing we didn't plan on spending too much time in the room. If we had, I might've been a little disappointed. haha
After checking out our new digs... we did a little exploring on our way to find some food...
Where Ryan decided to impersonate statues...
Yes, I know I chose to marry him. Yes, I know he is beyond weird. I love him anyway...
After moseying around, we finally found a place to eat dinner. I can't even remember the name of the place now... but they had really good food and horrible service. I don't think our waitress liked waiting on the Americans... haha sad but true.
After dinner, we made the game plan for Saturday and passed out from exhaustion. I don't think we even made it to 11 pm before everyone was snoring....
And that's that! Day two of our weekend excursion. Sorry about the delay between posts. Blogger has been having some issues with me and uploading my images. I'll try to make her cooperate to do a post tomorrow. No promises though.
Until next time...
Peace, Love, and Swedish Meatballs!!!
-The Bogarts
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