Though I’d asked Prashanth in the morning, he mistook the midsummer’s eve Maypole dancing to be taking place on the next day; at about 4pm, he realized his mistake, and we set off to the place where it was taking place.

Here’s a video of the dancing that he took last year:

And of the music: Though the dancing had finished, the maypole was still up: We saw the Love Pavilion: There was a small stream: There was a pretty wooden bridge across it: Perhaps this gentleman was going over his memories, with that reminiscent smile on his face? There were plenty of flowers blooming: this Silverpil tree (Salix alba) had some beautiful bracket fungi: It is the custom on this day to wear crowns of wildflowers: But that doesn't mean one can't be in touch with modernity! The birds were there, too! There were some Vikings around: Some kind of game with wooden skittles was being played: I looked at some pretty old architecture: This is the Stora Hotel: Here's coffee... by George! I loved this window: This one is from 1912! With some serpentine touches: Some shop windows looked inviting: So did this art gallery (it was closed, of course) Of course, the Tourist Bureau was closed, too!

Let me close with this flower (probably a Columbine?)

we then walked towards the Linkoping Cathedral…but that’s the next post!