This year we celebrated Swedish Midsummer in Düsseldorf.  Düsseldorf has a Swedish community which organize annually very nice traditional Swedish Midsummer. This year it was in Rosengarten down-town Düsseldorf. They had arranged Midsummer pole, games, quiz walk and Swedish fika that everyone attending brought some Swedish pastry, dessert or sweets to.  The weather was great and we had fun and for the first time we actually came in time for the dancing around the midsummer pole. 

It has become a midsummer tradition to make a Midsummer illustration, nearly just as important as the other Swedish midsummer traditions with herring, maypole and drinking aquavit. My mother and her husband are masters in midsummer celebration and are very generous and inviting as many members of the family that fits in their summer house, Lugnet. Team Nikolovski we have attended ever Midsummer at Lugnet since 2013 and are very happy to have this family tradition. This years illustration is in working progress and I will explain more the story behind the drawing when I am done. This is how it looks so far...

First of all I do miss my scanner! The illustrations doesn't really come up that well with the camera on the phone and I also don't really have the time at the moment to work on them in the computer. However here is the annual Midsummer illustration. Great memory to capture this very Swedish celebration in an illustration. As the previous three years Team Nikolovski celebrated at Lugnet, my mother and her husband's very nice summer house by the lake. The traditional herring & snaps lunch was planned to start at two o clock and the we got order to be there well in advanced. To follow this order we decided to get ready and leave the house straight away after breakfast (late breakfast but not that late...) My God it takes time to get a two and a half year old ( refused to change from pj to something more decent), a small baby (little cranky because of some tummy issue specially for this day) and a husband ready to go. To pack for this crew only to stay for a couple of d...

Happy Midsummer !! Team Nikolovski has had a great midsummer celebration at Lugnet as previous years Illustration and details from this years midsummer's celebration is coming shortly, for now enjoy this cake and a little collage of Team Nikolovski.

Team Nikolovski is packing.  We are heading to Sweden tomorrow to celebrate Swedish midsummer We will head to Lundsätter to stay with my dad and to breath some quit forest air.  Midsummer eve ( always third Friday in June) we are heading to my mothers summer place where preparations for midsummer started half a year ago.  We are a pretty big gang and we have already received roles, responsibilities and a detailed schedule for the day. This is a summary of how our day will look like! Collect flowers for the maypole, make the maypole, Eat herring lunch & strawberry cake and sing snaps songs and drink snaps. Dance around the maypole, Midsummer Olympics with 6 different competitions, BBQ, Campfire, sauna and swim in freezing lake & at midnight hotdogs. After this we will sleep very very well I am sure!! If you want to know more about Swedish midsummer here is a fun video for dummies!!   Swedish Midsummer for Dummies    And why ...

Many new experiences for little Mila on our trip in Sweden. New faces. Friends and family members with and without fur to say hi to. Practicing to master the art of rolling. Thrilled to manage stomach to back. Lawn-mower very interesting, boat-trip pretty scary and her favorite place to swing and chilax in the sitting hammock.

Mamma Mi & Görre Midsummer hosts at Lugnet, (Sorry for blurry picture) Team Nikolovski has been to Sweden to celebrate midsummer. All traditions included such as  maypole, flowers, nice weather, midsummer lunch with herring, egg and new potatoes and of course strawberry cake. Pentathlon with fun games, BBQ in the evening and board-games with chips and dip. Great day and many new experiences for our small member. Team Näsholm/ Embermark, Persons pack alias My cousins Linda & Louise and aunty Birgitta from Idre, Sister/Aunty Sofie and Team Nikolovski. Only improvements required for next year is to remember to dance around the maypole and hope that the magic mosquito hunting machine are working by then.