Today we visited the ruins of the Kroneberg Castle, an ancient battleground between the Danes and the Swedes. Of course the battles have long since concluded, but the site remains to commemorate the lives lost in the conflict. Next, we visited a world-famous Swedish glass-blowing factory where we observed the mesmerizing process of masterful artisans transforming liquid sand into glass. We then returned to town and walked pass the Växjö Cathedral where we would be performing at the next night. It was stunning from the outside, and we can't wait to perform tomorrow. We went back to the music school to rehearse and had a fun time singing with Raise the Roof!

 

 

Today we met our local tour guide, Agnita, who is a wealth of information about Swedish traditions and culture. She took our group to the Utvandrarnas Hu, the national House of Emigrants for Sweden. We had a delicious lunch and saw an interesting exhibit on emigrants that came from Sweden to America.

 

 

We arrived at Newark safely with hours to spare before takeoff.  We took advantage of the time to charge our phones!