throwback when I was in Norway pt. 3
I took a lot of photos of people’s doors (I have removed the name tags on the doors). So unique. Nothing like in Sweden. We have simple and basic doors but here oh man!
(it’s a different picture than the one before. lol!)
Today I’d the last day of one of the biggest carnivals in Sweden. Did I attend it? Yes, 30 minutes. Did I buy anything? Yes.. a garlic sausage.
When E wasn’t home, my husband and I went to the carnival the day before it opened just to walk around the amusement park ~ which is actually a part of my childhood. I grew up with carousels etc. So yay!
it was so weird walking around there when it was closed and literally no other person were there.
bumper cars, whirlwind, trampolines, fun houses etc where there. Fun! Unfortunately we could not go on any rides (duh. haha!) and to be honest, when husband and I went on the carnival for 30 minutes, I joked and said I wanted to go on one but naa I didn’t go because on my neckproblem (whiplash) and it was like no fun attractions.
the painting on some of the lottery booths, funhouses etc were crazy ugly. God. On one lottery booth, the faces didn’t match the heads etc but when I saw this, I laughed.
Scooby Doo on the side and Ghostbusters on front. The combo was hilarious.
When walking around it (the 30 minutes) it brought back so many memories. My childhood, my record on whirlwind carousel etc. But one thing both my husband and I noticed were and said to each other “where are all the sellers?”. Usually the road is closed off and packed with sellers every little inch but this year it was so many gone, so few of sellers that it made the fair boring. I normally love fairs like these because it reminds me of my childhood, the adventures as a young kid who has unlimited free rides on the carousels.
Why didn’t I go this year with E? Well, last year we went and it became so much for E. With his autism, sound sensitivity and tok much impression of everything, I didn’t wanna put him through that again. So he’s father has a shopping list from me to buy. Hopefully he will remember it (he is going with his person he works with, sunday)
do you have any fun childhood memory?
a tradition where I now live. Fun part this year my brother attended with his old American. I had sent him a message asking if he was there and he said yes so I told him that E was standing in his window looking. So cute! it was my brother, one of his daughters and the wife (she drove) and that stopped the cruising just to honk and wave a lot to E 🥰 cutest part; when they drove again, E said “bye bye!” and waved 🥺 that’d adorable.
I love the fact that anyone can join, even if you have a regular car. 🥰 I grew up with old American cars, the rockabilly culture etc so having my son watching this warmed my heart a lot. He likes cars so it was a perfect opportunity to show him a bit of my childhood.
When the cruising was over, E continued to sit next to the window til he was going to sleep 🥺 He wanted to watch so much more. Broke my heart when I had to explain for him that it was over.
but it still warmed my heart ~ he saw a piece of my childhood right outside his bedroom window 🥰
Where we used to live, it never happened things like this. And since we moved here we have seen it three times. Loves it every time. It’s a tradition here in my town. They always have it August 31rst (doesn’t matter if it’s in the middle of the week) just to “drive out” the summer. Now it’s officially autumn / fall here 😍🍂
I have blurred faces that were showing.
