first stop - Åhus - to visit the dump (and of course, drop off an assortment of trash). but before the dump, we toured the small town - saw some harbor, some swedish looking shopping square, and the factory of absolut vodka (i had no idea they were a swedish company).
and when we finally made our way to "the dump", we discovered it wasn't really a dump at all - rather it was a sorting facility to recycle your goods. Sweden, unlike the US, requires people to sort their own crap - into cardboard, electronics, burnable (misc. paper, plastic...etc...i'm a little unsure how eco-friendly these fumes are), and other categories like tree wood. a fairly new system, this sorting dump really makes you notice how much you waste. and it's all very organized and clean. nothing dumpy about it. well, except this weird collection of random animals hanging outside the front. that's kinda dumpy - in a good way, of course.
next stop, kristianstad - for some food shopping. another smallish town (but the biggest around) kristianstad has some nice old buildings and a park, but other than that, there doesn't seem to be much happening. we just visited some costco-esque stores (where there are disgustingly huge blocks of processed cheese) and hardware shops, buying goods for this weekend's upcoming festival.
which brings me to the next activity - putting up the circus tent which will serve as a stage during the festival. a heavy, massive looking thing. it took 20 people, none of which really knew what was going on, to put it up (and it's not really even still up). but, it's kinda neat. and now i know how circus tents work. yay.
and of course we've made some new swedish friends.
meet mr. coneman and mr. bullytots.
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