Dear Travel Diary,
Midsummer is one of the biggest holidays in Sweden, and the anticipation alone was unlike anything I've previously experienced.
{Some people like the taste of Schnapps more than others, lol}
The entire country observes the holiday, retreating to either the family's summer house on the sea, a campground, or simply their homestead. A traditional meal is served (herring), a song of toast is sung with each round of Schnapps, and the girls wear floral wreaths. Considered a fertility holiday, the belief is that when a girl collects 7 varieties of wild flowers and sleeps with them beneath her pillow, she will dream of her future husband.
{Driving on E22 to the seaside town of Rafshagen}
{The beautiful Baltic Sea}
{He wanted to touch it.}
A Midsummer pole is constructed and danced around.
{Driving back to Kalmar after a fun day - these are the speed limit signs. 110km is about 55 mph.}
But most of all, the holiday is a time to be together. It was a lot of fun to experience and the location of our celebrations beside the Baltic Sea was beyond compare.
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