Holy days

At the moment, whole Sweden is having a mini holiday. It was Ascension Day on Thursday, and at least school kids had Friday off as well. Today is National Day, which means another day off for most people. It doesn't really make a difference to me since I'm still on holiday anyway, but spending time with a couple of kids means that it's all about taking it easy and enjoying life. Which is exactly what we've been doing.

On Saturday we tried to find the recycling centre for building materials, but it was so carefully hidden in the industrial area that even Google Maps couldn't find it. So we ended up walking endlessly in the otherwise pretty deserted area.

We did find a building beautifully covered in vine, though.

And railroad tracks.

Along with parks, Malmö has beautiful old graveyards, like this one that we went through to get to Folkets Park (yeah, again).

In the park, our junior companion got to ride the carousel. Call me old-fashioned, but I find these kind of amusement park machines much more appealing than the blinking noisy ones.

A heart-breaking sight among all the fun and joy, a poor little abandoned koala bear.

The business of the day is over at Möllevågnstorget.

Saturday evening in our yard. Lighting up a grill can be tricksy.

Sunday morning started with a pancake fiesta.

There was also the "monster who was mad that he'd lost his ears."

A cake with meringue, Nutella, whipped cream and strawberries. Doesn't get much sweeter than that!