For Father's Day weekend, we drove an hour northwest to the town of Stromsburg for their annual Viking Festival. The town was settled by a group of Swedes and they've been able to maintain some of their culture. It's been 100° every day for the last two weeks - we were not looking forward to baking in the sun, but an overnight rainstorm and some clouds kept the temperature in the low 80's.
We took advantage of the "Taste of Sweden" - the boys actually ate (and enjoyed) new food, including potatoes. We had Swedish meatballs, potato bologna, cheesy cold green beans, and homemade wheat & rye breads. We stopped by the butcher on our way home and picked up a couple packages of his potato bologna - it's yummy! The highlight of the trip was a demonstration of Viking combat techniques by a group of wannabe Vikings. JP found a knitting shop and was in heaven.
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