Mora Part Åtta

Måndag 3/9/15 till Fredag 3/13/15

The sun finally showed itself! Monday the 9th we sat outside our dorm building reading and relaxing. It was about 40 degrees fahrenheit but it was beautiful.

Hannah, Mackenzie, Me, Pat

Lindsey, Sidney, Ruby, Hannah, Mackenzie, Me, Pat

Mackenzie hiding from the sun

Field trip! Onsdag 3/11/15

We had another geology field trip on wednesday. First we stopped at the old porfyr factory. Porfyr is a metamorphic rock that is common to Dalarna. During the 1800s and 1900s, the porfyr vases and jewelry were famous. The Swedish king gave it as presents to other world royalty.

The rest of the week we spent studying for our Nordic Politics final and writing our final papers.

Kenzie and I 

 Me, Hannah, Kenzie, Paget

 Jorgen in a tree (My professor's son)

 Pat, Ruby, Britta, Sidney in the Old Porfyr Factory

Stone drill. The factory operated until the 1970s. It ran on hydropower which led to a slow process of cutting and drilling. 

 Stone cutter

 The factory

 Porfyr Urn with Bronze from France where they use to make the death row prisoners work with the Bronze because the fumes were so toxic.

Lunch in the museum

 Sidney, Hannah and I outside the old courthouse turned library in Alvdalen. 

inside the library

2nd oldest cabin in Sweden