Six days and counting before I leave on my month long trip to study 19th century Swedish farms.\u00a0 So many people have asked to follow the trip, that I decided to share photos and comments here.<\/p>\n
The trip evolved as a result of the CCHS moving from vacation time\/ sick time to PTO,\u00a0 following the county’s lead.\u00a0 Since I had used maybe 5 sick days in 10 years, I had about 6 weeks of PTO to use.\u00a0 About that time, the American Swedish Institute announced they were accepting applications for the Lilly Lorenzen Scholarship.\u00a0 The scholarship\u00a0 is designed for adults to study a topic in Sweden.\u00a0 I applied asking to study 19th century Swedish farms, to be applied to the newly acquired Andrew Peterson Farmstead.\u00a0 I was awarded $1000 last summer, and the CCHS board approved my sabbatical.\u00a0 Per the ASI requirements, travel has to be completed by the end of June 2017.\u00a0 The award paid for my airfare and much of the rental car, but the rest of the trip is on my own. Just over two weeks of my trip will consist of study time, the remainder will be visiting people I know and making the connections we need for the Peterson farm in Carver County.<\/p>\n
My trip will be broken into 4 segments.\u00a0 Below, is segment number one.<\/p>\n
May 16th, I leave with my son, daughter, and son-in-law.\u00a0 We will be stopping in Iceland and spending several days there before resuming our trip to Stockholm.\u00a0 Arriving in Stockholm on Friday the 19th, we will transfer to a plane that will take us to St. Petersburg.\u00a0 There, I will meet Lars Sonnegren and his wife Galina.\u00a0 Lars is the freelance writer from Sweden who has been writing about me in Kvallsstunden in Sweden. By clicking on the following link you can see one of the articles. Kvallsstunden<\/a> His wife lives in St. Petersburg, and they invited us to visit them in St. Petersburg for the weekend.\u00a0 They plan to show us the Hermitage and the Faberge museums. We return to Stockholm on Monday and will visit the Vasa, Skansen, and whatever other places my daughter has lined up.\u00a0 My family will return to the U.S. on the 24th, and I will begin week two.<\/p>\n Stay tuned for photos, starting next week as Wi-Fi allows, of week one.<\/p>\n Wendy Petersen Biorn\u00a0 Executive Director\u00a0 Carver County Historical Society<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Six days and counting before I leave on my month long trip to study 19th century Swedish farms.\u00a0 So many people have asked to follow the trip, that I decided to share photos and comments here. The trip evolved as a result of the CCHS moving from vacation time\/ sick time to PTO,\u00a0 following the … <\/p>\n