Tree Walking

Bjärred, Sweden -- Day 4

Hi, it's Kylie. We started out today with a simple but delicious breakfast then prepared for Tree Walking (zip-lining).  The drive there was about 20 minutes.  When we arrived, the instructor explained how to put on our harnesses and how the course difficulty was arranged by color: yellow is the easiest, next was green, then blue, and finally red, where you have to be 15 or older to do it.

  

I took a liking to the green course, but the blue had a long zip-line so that was a close second.  We got three hours there, but from my perspective, it only seemed like one, which probably has something to do with Mom’s saying, “time flies when you’re having fun.”

When our time was up, I took off my harness and found most every one looking up and cheering under the red course.  I hurried over to them just in time to see Annica and Oscar finishing.  Oscar clipped into the finishing bungy, jumped up, and landed nicely on the ground, 25 feet below.  Annica however, misjudged the landing and ended up (slowly) on her back.  Everyone laughed at that.

When we got back to the house, we were introduced to “round the table ping pong,” which can be played with a whole bunch of people.  Half stand in a line on one side and half on the other side. Everyone gets a try to hit the ball while rotating around the table.  You only get three misses.  After that, you are out for that round.  Once you have only two people, they play until one of them makes three mistakes; the other person is the winner.

We played for an hour.  Then, everyone was hungry and ready for dinner.  Thanks to Annica and Björn, a wonderful crawfish dinner was laid out on the table.  Björn had printed out 25 Swedish drinking songs, which we attempted to sing during the meal.  After each song, everyone would drink.  Skål!