Swedish word of the day

SVAMP…..

means mushroom and you pronounce it pretty much the way you see it. Swedes love mushrooms, especially the yellow ones you see below. They are called “kantareller” but also referred to as forest gold. A lot of Swedes go out and “hunt” for the mushrooms themselves. As with almost everything, Martin is really good at finding them. I am terrible at it…I am better at picking the wild blueberries and eating them while I wait!

So here’s a few of the mushrooms, but also some other of the Swedish landscape….

And this is a sign of where Martin is from…

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