Today is a very cold rainy day in Umea. Yesterday was Kaci's (one of the girls) birthday. She was having a rough start to her birthday so Nikole and I went to the bakery to buy her a birthday cake. We found a traditional Swedish cake called a 'Princess' cake. Its made up from a sponge cake, whipped cream, and raspberry filling with an almond fondant frosting. It was delicious and it helped brighten her day. After buying the cake we did some more walking around the city, there is so much more to explore! We walked down by the river and took some pictures of the water and beautiful buildings. We don't know what they are yet, but we're working on it. We went out to dinner and drinks for Kaci's birthday. We walked around a lot before we found the right place to go. Many of the restaurants and pubs nearby were so busy it was difficult try to communicate in broken English/Swedish. We found a pub that had amazing burgers and fish & chips dinner. I read online that their 'burgers' often consist of horse meat, so that may be what I ate last night! Everyday we've been here, there has been music playing in the main plaza...the interesting party is that the bands are in a clear plex-glass box that has a TV over top. While we were walking by, we heard Guns N Roses 'Sweet Child of Mine' and Van Halen's 'Jump'. We thought this is where the Jazz Fest would be taking place, but after lots of walking and asking last night we found out that the Fest is in a nice building and was much more formal and expensive. The dinner and pubs were a fine replacement. We noticed that there are no TVs in any of the pubs or music. It is a much more casual area meant for catching up and enjoying company. I'm sure there are more club like places somewhere, we just haven't found them yet.
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