Life in Sweden: Back to IKEA

Because David had so much fun the first time we went to IKEA, we headed back with Angie and John. They wanted to look at furniture since they are newly married and don’t have much between them. We were still short in the lighting arena. Knowing what to expect made the trip much easier. We were able to find a light for our dining table, so we don’t have to eat in the dark. Ellie found a moon light to mount to her bed so she has a light she can reach and read by. We also picked up some power strips and smoke detectors. Our apartment does not have smoke detectors which was something we had not paid attention to until Brian (also from Kinston) had a small house fire in the ceiling of his house last week. They were lucky and his son woke them up. There was only minor damage to the ceiling. However, it got us thinking about the possibility and we decided putting up a few would be a good idea.

We branched out on this trip and even ate lunch at the IKEA restaurang (restaurant). David had pork tenderloin and Ellie and I split köttbullar (meatballs). They were delicious. IKEA was also decorating for Christmas. Our favorite tree was the mice-themed tree. I am not sure if it is Sweden or just IKEA that has a thing for mice but we saw a lot of stuffed mice. Ellie liked the idea of furniture shopping and even picked herself out a magic bed. She wasted no time making herself comfortable. To really go to IKEA it is easily a 5-6 hour day and that is trying to keep it fairly short. We got home just in time to take a late nap and eat some crock-pot soup.