the 57th magic rainbow experience - of Skåne

pictured: the tour begins

during the maglehem nolltie, magnus decided to tag his very unique van (turquoise VW) with his band's logo - in return the van was transformed into something magical. offering to take us wwoofers on a short road trip around southern sweden, magnus reved up the ol'van and we so the magic rainbow experience began...

we started off where all good things start - at the end of the sea. known to us as 'little stonehenge', this sight is actually called "ale's stenar" and consists of a bunch of decently sized rocks that were apparently placed on sight during the ice age. crazy, right?

pictured: ale's stenar // the sad stone // the cliff to the sea // the crew (kelsa, mike (aka tom), me, alex, magnus, magnus' daughter)

it was very beautiful - being so close to a cliff that overlooked the sea and surrounded by wandering cattle. plus, some of the rocks really took on a personality of their own (see sad rock).

pictured: alex in from of glimmingehus

next up on the magic rainbow experience was glimmingehus - a fort / house / something that was really never used as anything (the walls were made too thick, so the place couldn't ever get warm) - other than the now tourist sight which includes a shop and cafe. nonetheless, the building was quite lovely, especially because it was all lit by candles (which seems to be the swedish way). and there were all sorts of different rooms for eating, dancing, and just hanging out with your invisible mates.

pictured: glimmingehus in illustration // glimmingehus in reality // the dinning room with americans fake-chatting

and so the tour continued on, further into the countryside of sweden. we stopped in the small, harbor town of Simrishamn for some fresh air and an ice cream (i chose polka - the peppermint candy one - and it was delicious. of course, i licked that scoop right off the cone - but luckily it fell into my hand, so i just plopped it back on and proceeded to enjoy.) there wasn't much open, or too much to see, but Simrishamn was interesting enough - you know, all that classic swedish village stuff. and there was an interesting sculpture of freshly caught fish. there's something a bit off about these fish though. slightly bird-esque.

pictured: interesting sculpture (what do you think, bird-like, seal-ish...?)

then it was time to drive on back to maglehem...what a nice day. thanks magnus!

pictured: alex being silly with a big shrimp