Day 2: Coffee, Rain and Konstmuseum

So we go to the Art Museum and mum decides that I like chocolate-boxey paintings of birds and huts covered in snow and I realise that she only likes mad self-portraits. My dad is amused by some sculptures on the 6th floor which is mainly 20th century art; these sculptures are nudes in very classical poses and similar to statues one may associate with Greek goddesses but they are holding and examining modern inventions such as a telephone and a radio. But all in all the museum is wonderful; you cannot, like with any museum, possibly see it all in one day. There are some amazing bronzes by Auguste Rodin and I intend to go back armed with my sketchpad and a whole day to sketch them.

Boras Djurpark

We went to the famous Borås zoo on a (rare) sunny Sunday. The zoo was founded in 1962 by Sigvard Berggren in collaboration with Borås Municipality under the motto ‘animals in nature” and pioneered the concept for the zoo of today's Northern Europe shortly thereafter. It is very different from ones I have been to before such as London Zoo as it is more like a nature reserve. There are huge areas for just one or two animals and the whole thing is surrounded by acres of woodland. There was a 'savannah' area in the centre with all the African animals and animals from this type of terrain all together; this was another pleasing difference as I'm used to enclosures with just one type of animal. Just to get from one part of the zoo to another is a lovely walk in itself as you are walking through untouched woodland, well there's a path (but barely) and no hotdog/souvenir/ice cream stands. It was also a lovely day because it was another chance for all the new students to meet each other.