18 July 2021
What comes to your mind when you see this?
Exactly! Emil, or German Michel, from Löneberga sitting in his shed as a punishment for his bad behaviour, cutting his figurines into wood as a pasttime occupation. And what about this?
Exactly! Michel’s small sister Ida being hissed up the pole so that she could see the market-place Mariannelund. This is the farm Katthult, well it is the place where the famous Emil or Michel films were shot in the early seventies. The place is actually called Gibberyd. But nobody calls it that way anymore. Another one? What about this?
Yep! Bullerbyn (Bullerbü), another place where the famous Astrid Lindgren films where taken. This is in fact the place where Astrid Lindgren’s father lived and she built the story about the children of Bullerbü from those memories of her father’s and her own childhood. Wonderful! Also my old memories have come back alive.
Today is an „Astrid Lindgren“ day, a splendid day, with lots of sunshine but not as hot and humid as the last few days. And – I find out that I can do 1100kms with one tank.
I’m back at Eksjö campsite and the boys with their 125 motorbikes are revving their engines again – but a motorbike is everthing here, when you live remote from each other and the surroundings look like the big void of Alaska or so. Now it’s summer with long days and lots of light. What about winter time, when the days are short? Today, I’ve come to the conclusion that Sweden is not my favourite place or country – but I still like it here!
In the barnshop of Bullerbyn I’ve found a wonderful Gotland sheep skin. Its wool is almost as soft as silk.
