We visited Ekenäs Slott (Ekenäs Castle) on day 16, 21 June. It was a fortress and a fairytale castle from 1630, once the home of aristocratic families for 300 years. The Ekenäs Castle is also rumoured to be haunted and they organised ghost tour at night which is only for those 15 years old and above.
The castle is quite well-preserved and the guide was dressed in medieval time costume.
My language skills was really tested to the limit today. I had to translate the guide who was speaking mostly English and peppering with Swedish into Teochew and Mandarin for my mom! My brain was almost fried after the tour... After the tour I asked mom if she understood whatever I was telling her during the tour. She replied,"Of course lah, the castle is haunted mah. All the owners fight a lot." Er.... well, she got the rough idea, the castle was owned many years ago by Lords and Dukes who were involved in several different wars. So my translation still ok lah!
For dinner, we had rice, chicken curry with vegetable added, fried eggs and deep-fried prawn in batter. The chicken was especially soft and tender because mom forgot to turn off the stove when we went out, so the curry was cooking for 3 hours!!!!!! *FainT*
Day 17
I brought my mom, my brother and BK to town and shopping centers today, leaving hubby home with kiddos.
We went to Trädgårdsföreningen (Garden Society) first which is downtown. It is a big park which celebrates 150 years this year. We walked around looking at all the interesting plants and flowers.
After the visit at the park, we went to the shopping centers, spending another 3 hours plus, walking in and out of shops. My legs felt like jelly...
After all the flower watching today, mom realized that the wild flowers she picked a few days ago are dying. So she went down stair again when we got home to pick new flowers and insisted that I take a picture of them. So here goes...
For dinner, we had tacos, fast, simple and yummy! Forgot to take picture though...
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