We’re embracing the Easter staycation this year since the eldest is in the thick of exam season, and Bryant and I are anticipating our food tour of Puglia in a few weeks to celebrate the Vandersons’ 50th birthdays.
March delivered another short-lived snowy afternoon as we flirt with genuine Spring. It’s great to see patios reopening and the return of outdoor dining to the city squares and parks. Lunds Kommun is prompt with the seasonal decoration!
The Food Co-op website team presented their work in an office out in what I think of as Lund’s Tech Center. The tram from Clemenstorget near our place connects to the East side of Lund with parts of the university campus, Ideon, a science park with offices and lab space, and ESS, the European Spallation Source which is a huge science research center. But this was my first trip out that way as I’d never explored past some of the more remote LU buildings. The design center funded in part by IKEA is also out this way. I attended a meeting at SYSAV (South Scania waste management) where the speaker explained the state of the art Waste-to-Energy system used in Skåne. When we lined up by the amount of waste produced in our home countries, I was all the way to the front, the folks in the middle were mostly Europe, and the guy in the red shirt way at the back is Nigerian. Poorer countries produce much less waste so even though they aren’t good at recycling waste, they create far less per person.
I spent another day in Malmö, gallery lunching with Erin and Melissa. This time we started with a favorite coffee place, saw the Modern Art museum, did some window shopping and had a delicious lunch featuring gua bao buns and ramen.
This is the site behind the LU library where the famous Lundagård runestone was found. The place clearly held significance even before it became a monastery in medieval times. Tunaparken, the castle park (-tuna- is a prefix or suffix often found in place names in Sweden and, loosely translated, means “fence”) has a new rose garden and other gardens have been recently restored to reflect the history of the place.
April got off to a pleasant start with a sunny day and a concert at one of my favorite venues, the History museum’s recreation of a medieval chapel, complete with medieval church art. The acoustics are incredible and the space sets a mood. My friend, Stephanie, and the other members of Lund’s Chamber Choir made an excellent performance and we celebrated after with champagne tea and goodies at Te Kulturen.
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