Arnie's youngest sister Laura flew from Los Angeles to Sweden with their nephew Walter (Leonard and Lucille's son) for a few weeks at Easter time. Easter fell on March 29 and it was still winter in Scandinavia. Laura was impressed that it was still a snowy winter in Sweden at the end of March and laughed about her "Easter bonnet".
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| Newlin and Laura, Sunnerstabacken, Easter Sunday |
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Walter and Eric, Sunnerstabacken, Easter Sunday
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Walter, Sunnerstabacken, Easter Sunday
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| Walter on a sled, Laura and Allan on a sled, and Joel on skis, Sunnerstabacken |
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Joel, Walter, Laura, and Allan, Sunnerstabacken
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| Laura, Joel, Eric, and Andrew, Sunnerstabacken |
We went several times to
Drottningholm Palace, now the residence of the royal family in its west wing. After Ester we brought Laura and Walter there.
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| Allan, Newlin, Walter, Laura, and Joel near the Drottningholm Palace church |
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| Joel, Allan, Andrew, Newlin, Laura, Eric, and Walter, Drottningholm |
Newlin discovered the delights of fondue in 1970, but it appears here that we have started with a hearty split pea soup for dinner:
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| Joel, Andrew, Newlin, Eric, Allan, and Laura |
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| The family gathered around the fondue pot |
We visited Stockholm after Easter with Laura and Walter. Among the sites we went to the Wasa Ship Museum, where the Swedish warship Wasa was housed. It sank in 1628 and was salvaged in 1961. Because the centuries old ship would have deteriorated if allowed to dry out, it was impregnated with polyethylene glycol by spraying it over the course of seventeen years.
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| Joel and Laura at the entrance to the Wasa Varvet Museum (it now has a permanent museum location) |
