In August there is a big festival in Malmö (appropriately named Malmöfestivalen). The streets of the city are packed with vendors and entertainers. On the day we went to Malmö to buy our cargobike we checked out a little bit of the festival but quickly decided we needed to come back a second day.
Festivals are all about eating, of course. Here we are having lunch...
E took this photo. I'm so used to being behind the camera there end up being very few of me!
W and E next to the skateboard show
The big stage in one of the main city squares.
These mini coffee trucks were everywhere.
I loved this sculpture of musicians, it is right in the middle of the road but it was hard to take photos of it in the middle of a crowded festival.
Dessert. These were tasty!!
One was smothered in strawberry and cream, the other chocolate.
We polished them off in about 10 seconds flat.
Mmmmm.... Swedish food is GOOD!
More! More! More!!
This guy was about seven feet tall, almost too bright to look at in the sun ... and American!
Watching a pair of boys do tricks with a soccer ball (Ooops sorry _football_ we're in Europe now.) E loves soccer and I can almost read her mind here .... "Now how can I learn to do that?"
S caught sight of the carousel and then there was nothing else in this world worth talking about. Once she heard we were going to ride it she just couldn't keep still.
Finally! My turn!
Ready?
And then we found the food section. This whole strip was a feast for the senses. The smells emanating from each stall were mouth-watering. Foods from all corners of the earth were available - see the Texasburgare stall? How cultural! There was music playing and many languages being spoken. And we were starving!!!
Are you sensing a food theme here yet?
Several Swedes told us we had to eat langos at the festival. When I asked one person what it was he replied "I don't know, but we always eat them at festivals and they are delicious!!" And he wasn't kidding. They ARE delicious! Langos stalls were everywhere. A langos is just a round of fried dough with stuff piled on top. The savory ones tend to have some kind of sour cream sauce base but they offer sweet langos too. YUM!!! (And of course in the end I had to look it up - langos originate in Hungary. They aren't Swedish at all!)
Terrible photo, but this was on the side of one langos stall. I loved the names they gave each one. The options here include a "Mr. Meat" langos. Mr. Bombay included curry. Another sign listed one called a "Beaver Tail" - with cinnamon and sugar.
Lunch! We got one unnamed one and a Mr. Bombay. Deeelish!
We found a little spot with picnic tables so we could sit to eat. E noticed the trees had been decorated with white umbrellas - they are hard to spot but there are several in this photo. There were Christmas lights everywhere. We didn't stay for nightfall but I bet it was beautiful at night.
Our lunch spot was to the side of a stage area. After a while a band began playing.
More cool lighting in the outdoor eating area.
Hanging out
E was absolutely delighted when we told her she could get a hair wrap.
More stage action. This was a group called Dollykollot. Five Swedish women who sing only covers of Dolly Parton's songs. They were quite good!!
A graffiti artist at work. There were several people gathered just to watch her work.
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