Day 10: Minneapolis and Gammelgården

Today was the last day in Minnesota. We started the day by going to downtown Minneapolis, and walked along the Mississippi river. We saw St. Anthony Falls, the only water falls in the Mississippi.

Then we went back to Swedish country, by going to the town Scandia. Here is the museum Gammelgården (The old farm). It was built in 1860 and looks like it comes right from Småland (a county in Sweden). Today, they had a "Spelmansstämma" (Day with Musicians) and it felt really special to hear all the Swedish traditional music. The photo shows the parade with the "Spelmän". The kids thought everything was very boring and spent most of the time at the playground. I guess it will be another 10 years before they understand where they have been today... Anyway, I found an old man whose grandfather came from Sweden. The man spoke really good Swedish actually.

After Scandia we went to "Nya Duvemåla", a house that is built after the descriptions in Vilhem Moberg's book. Also, we went to the oldest cementary in the region. Many Swedish names on the grave stones...

Tomorrow, we will leave Swedish country and enter "The wild, wild West". Time for South Dakota...