.::. Äpplemarknaden i kivik .::.

Went to Kivik for the annual apple festival in Kivik on Saturday. I didn't know that there were that many kinds of apples.



There's a big picture made of apples every year. This year, it's horses. The picture is made up of 30,000 apples and 70,000 nails. I felt abit cheated because I thought there were many pictures like that every year. Who knows, it's one picture a year. But still, it was impressive.

Inside a tent, with one of the nicer structure made of apples the previous years.

=)

While people speak English here, I wouldn't say that Sweden is a language-friendly country. Everything and every sign is in Swedish and only Swedish, which makes it difficult for people like us who do not know Swedish. Apart from the not-knowing-what-the-hell-you-are-buying in the supermarkets, there are the many signs and notices which we always miss. It doesn't help that streets are always desserted and you can't approach people for help when there's no people around.

We waited for an hour for the bus which comes every 2 hours, then realized that it is not stopping at the bus-stop during the apple festival and we had to go to the other bus-stop (someone helped us translate the sign). By the time we realized that, we've already missed the bus and the next bus is in 2 hours, which means we will miss the last connecting bus back to Lund. It's really not a good thing to be stranded when it's cold and getting dark.

While we were at the gas station, asking for the number to call for a cab, we happened to meet a very nice lady who was on her way to the bus station to pick his son up too. She gave us a lift and all I can say is that we were really lucky.

There are some things which I still can't get used to, or might never get used to here.

But it's not a bad thing, experiencing and realizing that there are people out there who lives differently and actually prefers their way-of-life.