back to france for a few more days....

so i finally made it back to france...we spent our last morning in stockholm at millesgarden...it's the home and grounds of sculptor carl milles...pretty incredible park and luckily the good weather continued so we had a great morning...after lunch we hit the road again towards karlskronar...along the way we stopped in tuna, the little town where my other great great grandfather was born...

the next morning we drove through the glass region...we drove around the region and watched them blow glass...very cool..i was suprised about the lack of protection they provided visitors...there's no barrier between you and the blowers...you just walk into the factory and walk around freely....workers go flying past you with fresh pieces, still radiating heat from the fires...in the united states, that would be concidered a HUGE liablilty, a lawsuit waiting to happen...it was really cool to see how they made all the peices you saw for sale in the shop...we saw johansfors, kosta, pukeburg, afors and nybro....pukeburg was by far the coolest, and of course the most expensive...we then met up with one of my dad's friends for dinner...the next morning he drove us out to a little factory in the country where this guy makes handmade wood products...some of his stuff was so amazing...

the next morning we started the drive back towards denmark...this time we stopped in odense at one of beveryl's friends...they were the nicest family....so hospitable...they drove us all around town the next day...we saw the hans christian anderson's birth place and museum and in the afternoon we visited jens galchiot's studio...he's done several sculptures of h.c. anderson but the rest of his art is a bit more controversial but absolutely incredible...he's done several protests around europe with his "inner beasts" and he showed us some of his latest projects...it was really cool to see the process he goes through to make a sculpture...i had no idea there were so many steps involved...it was by far my favorite part of the whole trip!!!!

yesterday morning we left odense and started the 10 hour drive back to lille...we got in around 6:30...i was so happy to be out of the car...we went out for dinner and of course, after only being in town an hour, i run into olivier and adrien...i'm meeting them tonight for a last hurrah in town...i got everyone safely to the train station this morning and on their way to the airport...i came home and immediately started packing...i sent one suitcase back with my dad, but i still think i have too much stuff...it looks like i'm going to have my huge rolly suitcase, my little rolly suitcase and my big backpack...i don't know how i'm going to get all this stuff on the bus....i guess i'll have to figure something out...

ahhh...too much to think about...i'm going to try and get all the spain pictures downloaded today....and i'll try and get all the sweden pics downloaded this weekend....hope everyone is doing well, i'll be home soon enough... :)