Yesterday, Thomas and I went to the Scandinavian Festival at Oglethorpe University. It was small, but we had a good time. The food was especially good. We started out with bular (sticky buns), pound cake and Glogg (spiced cider with raisins and almonds). The Glogg was delicious. Then for lunch, we had Danish hotdogs, which were topped with roumalade, sweet cucumbers, and fried onions. The toppings were very tasty. For dessert, we had Danish Aebleskiver (donut holes), and ice cream cones. From my personal experience, Swedes are the best ice cream toppers - we had whip cream and cherry sauce.

We watched Swedish folk dancers, and went to the exhibits for the 6 countries - Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, and Estonia. Estonia is not technically part of Scandinavia, but the local groups have decided to include them. There were also booths with food and gifts, mostly Finnish or Viking wares, but Thomas considered getting some tradional Swedish Christmas candle holders. We also saw some reindeer.

* Scandinavian Festival Photos

It was alot of fun and Thomas got to speak Swedish to alot of the volunteers. There was an older woman who I couldn’t even tell she was speaking Swedish. But I was able to understand some of the younger ones, and I was able to use Swedish to tell them which food I wanted to buy.