We got there around noon even though the dinner was not until five in the afternoon. That was because my friend (Jordan) wanted to spend some quality time with his parents. Since they are of Swedish descent they where very interested in Sweden and the Swedish culture. I told them about Sweden at the same time as I had the most delicious Swedish pancakes that Jordan’s mom made for me.

When the whole family had arrived we wher

The most interesting about the event occurred just before we started to eat. The first thing was that they said a prayer together. I had never done that before. The other thing was that they did it twice. First they did it in Swedish and then they said the same prayer translated in to English. After they told me that as a way of keeping there Swedish blood flowing they have a tradition to pray in both English and Swedish. I thought that was very nice.

On our way back home from the dinner I talked to Cissi about the dinner and she had the same feelings that I had. She liked it very much and thought that the prayer in Swedish was a nice way to remind them of they’re Swedish background.

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