Scandinavian Seattle

Two weekend ago my son and I took a short weekend trip to Seattle. We used the excuse we we re going to celebrate our heritage in the prominent Scandinavian community. My grandfather is Danish and my son lived in Denmark for a year as an exchange student and has been back several times.

I thought I'd start out the photo heavy post with a typical Seattle scene. 

First things first! On our way I had to stop and meet my new grand-niece Jada!

Seriously delicious Smorrebrod at Scandinavian Specialties.

The Nordic Heritage Museum was in an old school. It didn't look like much from the outside but they did a great job on the inside. They have property down by Ballard Locks and are raising money for a new museum. We saw the artists rendering and looks a lot like the Viking Museum in Roskilde, Denmark.

Giant size Dala horse.

Re-living the immigrants coming to America.

I believe these two photos were from the Finland room.

The special exhibit was amazing!! Karen Bit Vejle  is from Denmark and has been paper cutting freehand for 40+ years.

Unbelievable!!

Did you know Hans Christensen Anderson did paper cutting too? A few of his pieces were on loan from Denmark.

Ballard Marina

We drove by this bright little stand with a huge line so we had to stop! It was Paseo Caribbean Food. Great reviews on Yelp. Delicious....

Stopped at this dive. The bar is a big Viking ship- well known for many varieties of aquavit/akvavit and interesting bitters.

My son saw a sign on the way to Seattle about Wolf Haven and checked it out further and talked me into stopping on the way home.  Why some people think can raise and tame wild animals is beyond me. Most of these have been taken in from homes like this.

Thankfully they will lead lazy happy lives the rest of their lives.

Thanks for indulging me on my fun little weekend away!