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Scandinavia?
May. 27th, 2007 09:44 amSo, went to the annual Scandinavian Festival in Ephraim yesterday. It's about a 90 minute drive each direction (lovely drive too). Though I've been to this part of Utah before, I have never been to the festival. Hubby's sister likes to go and has been inviting us every year so this year we made sure we were able to go.
Anyway, it's called, as I mentioned, the Scandinavian Festival. There were probably 50 or so booths. One had some Swedish food and these pretty carved candleholders with a slightly Swedish looking flower design on it. (Very pretty. I bought one.) Next to that was a booth selling those little hand-held flags of Sweden, Norway, Finland, etc and bumperstickers (the ovals with the letters SWED or FIN or whatever inside).
Those two booths were the entire representation of ANYWHERE in Europe...except, I suppose, that they sell these fried potatoes that they've named Piccadilly Chips if you can count a menu item. {blink} Everything else was homemade crafty stuff, mostly not my taste, and a Karate demonstration (?). Ooookay.
Now it was fun, don't get me wrong. There were a couple rides for Toria and a guy demonstrating blacksmithing of the 19th century (when the town was founded) as well as music, but I sort of hoped for more Scandinavian things.
There was ONE other booth. They were selling frogs to little children. How inhumane! {sigh} So, Victoria named her frog Sally and her cat Stanley seems to think if he stares at the little tank long enough he'll figure out how to get inside.
Anyway, it's called, as I mentioned, the Scandinavian Festival. There were probably 50 or so booths. One had some Swedish food and these pretty carved candleholders with a slightly Swedish looking flower design on it. (Very pretty. I bought one.) Next to that was a booth selling those little hand-held flags of Sweden, Norway, Finland, etc and bumperstickers (the ovals with the letters SWED or FIN or whatever inside).
Those two booths were the entire representation of ANYWHERE in Europe...except, I suppose, that they sell these fried potatoes that they've named Piccadilly Chips if you can count a menu item. {blink} Everything else was homemade crafty stuff, mostly not my taste, and a Karate demonstration (?). Ooookay.
Now it was fun, don't get me wrong. There were a couple rides for Toria and a guy demonstrating blacksmithing of the 19th century (when the town was founded) as well as music, but I sort of hoped for more Scandinavian things.
There was ONE other booth. They were selling frogs to little children. How inhumane! {sigh} So, Victoria named her frog Sally and her cat Stanley seems to think if he stares at the little tank long enough he'll figure out how to get inside.
