Last Day of Sightseeing

Well, today was our last day of sightseeing in Sweden. Tomorrow we fly down to Stockholm and Friday we fly home. But, today we are in Umeå, a city north of Stockholm on the east coast of Sweden. Umeå is called the City of Birches,

Umeå sits on the Ume river. 

We spent the day visiting the ubiquitous cathedrals and churches and another open air museum and the local city museum.

Here's the cathedral.

Then to the Open Air Museum - for more farm pictures! 

Baking Tunnbröd - the local flatbread. 

Couldn't resist taking pictures of the goats and sheep. 

Bruce, of course, likes to collect rocks on vacations. But, I refused to let him carry them home. So, he had to settle for taking pictures of his favorites. 

The museum also had a few Sami dwellings. Here's a gaohte, the dwelling of a southern Sami family. 

Looking up the hole for the smoke to escape from the open fire. 

And reindeer hides to sleep on. 

This is a back pack made from birch bark. 

The museum also had a ski exhibit, with skis from the 1800's and up. They were beautifully carved. 

And it included the oldest ski in the world. It's been carbon dated to 3400 BCE - making it over 5400 years old. 

That's Sweden for us. We head home Friday. 

Thanks for following along on our adventure.