Saturday 8 August 1998

Slideshow Pictures

On the way to Broby we stopped only at a gas station to fill up, bought chocolate bars and a pop.

We arrived at Helmer’s and Hilkka's about 6:00 p.m. They had told us on our first visit that we would have a krapu (crayfish) festival but they had prepared a roast beef dinner instead. We were very hungry and it tasted really good. They didn’t mention the krapu festival this time but we had noticed that the dining room table was beautifully set up with all the krapu paraphernalia with krapu table cloths, napkins hats, etc.

Shortly after dinner their daughters with their families arrived and the krapu festival was on. It was quite an event.

The rules were; for every krapu eaten, the adults, except for Hamze, had to have a shot of snaps. But as the evening progressed we changed the rules, to have a shot with every claw. The enjoyment on their faces eating the krapus was amazing to see. Even the 1 year old Simon seemed to enjoy every mouthful.

Rachel impressed everyone with the expertise she showed in extracting the meat from the krapu and placing the krapus on the plate looking like they hadn’t even been touched. Even the sounds of enjoyment were amazing, similar to the sound of water in a sink at the end of draining.

After dinner we changed the rules again and just had the snapps. We talked, and drank until 1:30 a.m. and then we went to bed.

Sunday 9 August 1998

Had breakfast; took a sauna and said our goodbyes. Took pictures in front of the house.

Headed for Helsingborg to catch the ferry to Helsingor, Denmark.