Friday - Lund

After a tasty breakfast, off on the train to Lund after both buying a ticket and finding the train without assistance. There is generally a lack of tourism-related signage, but generally one finds one's way eventually, though I have been hampered by a lack of connectivity today and hence no Google Maps. 

Instead of advertising, a silent film of Malmö from the water is projected on the wall facing the platform with the effect of continuous movement along the length. It is an art installation in itself. The blaring advertising walls in Sydney are an embarrassing contrast.

 The town and university are pleasant and old. The cathedral is mostly undecorated, but with a lot of interesting bits, including a fifteenth century astronomical clock and figures carved as if holding onto the 11th century pillars in the crypt, one supposedly the giant Finn who tried to knock the cathedral down after not being paid, shrunk and turned to stone. 

The clock tells the time, the phase of the moon and the full date. It was restored in 1923 and the years section of the clock will need to be changed in 2123. At noon, a set of magi figures travelled around Mary and Jesus as the clock played an old Christmas carol.

Unsure if the giant is a Finn or named Finn

I spent a few hours at the 'Kulturen' open air museum. It was founded in 1892 and has been added to over the years as the institution bought up houses in the immediate area or transported buildings to the site. It was well laid out and a good combination of exhibitions of craftwork, Lund history, ceramics and house interiors.

My view at lunch

A poor person's house, with short walls to save on wood

Inside the poor person's house. This shot is taken standing. A guy smacked his head exiting just before I came in.

I have managed to arrive during high school graduation - 'studenten'. Students here hire and decorate a truck or a trailer hauled by a tractor, play loud music and make as much noise as they can, with shouting, whistles, vuvuzelas and car horns. The white caps are the Swedish version of graduation caps. The street my hotel is on seems popular as the trucks are going by pretty constantly. At first it was charming, but now I'm sitting with both earplugs and  earphones on. I hope they all bugger off soon.

According to Google Translate, the sign at the back reads 'We have iPads, but no training'