notes from the north: Majbål
May/29-10 by Ming
On the first of May, Swedes celebrate Valborg – the coming of spring – by starting bright and early with champagne for breakfast. As the festivities commence, things just get sillier, but at dusk the Majbål brings a romantic, and rather dramatic, close to the day’s folly. ours consisted of last year’s Christmas trees which […]
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