Comments on: An Outing to Uppsala http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/ News of the Northern Tradition Sat, 19 May 2012 03:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Marion http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/#comment-34090 Marion Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:06:08 +0000 http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/#comment-34090 I was there in ... 1975? It was almost deserted then. I remember the bus from the city going past fields of yellow crops, then the mounds hove into view. I got off, looked briefly at the church, and poked around looking for where the oak tree had been :-) There were paths worn over the mounds, as there still are, but I don't remember anyone else walking on them. So I walked reverently up and down. Somewhere I may still have a couple of photos, but they will look just like the official ones--just the mounds and the church. I was there in … 1975? It was almost deserted then. I remember the bus from the city going past fields of yellow crops, then the mounds hove into view. I got off, looked briefly at the church, and poked around looking for where the oak tree had been :-) There were paths worn over the mounds, as there still are, but I don’t remember anyone else walking on them. So I walked reverently up and down. Somewhere I may still have a couple of photos, but they will look just like the official ones–just the mounds and the church.

]]> By: Volker http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/#comment-34188 Volker Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:45:41 +0000 http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/#comment-34188 I was there in the mid-90s on an early, foggy autumn morning. Only a few joggers and a woman with her dog out there. All was quiet and I could relate very well to the place. I came back that same day in the afternoon and there were tourists all over and the "spirit" of the place had changed. Lesson learned: Visit such places at times when most other people are still (or already) in their beds. .) I was there in the mid-90s on an early, foggy autumn morning. Only a few joggers and a woman with her dog out there. All was quiet and I could relate very well to the place. I came back that same day in the afternoon and there were tourists all over and the “spirit” of the place had changed. Lesson learned: Visit such places at times when most other people are still (or already) in their beds. .)

]]> By: Calle Rehbinder http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/#comment-36463 Calle Rehbinder Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:05:24 +0000 http://northernpath.org/blog/2008/09/17/an-outing-to-uppsala/#comment-36463 Hi! Thanks for your visit. It is interesting to read your comments about old Uppsala. I can get similar mixed feelings about the place. About our blot ceremonies, we started them on easter 2000, so don't expect a museum to be so update so they will mention our activities there, even if we have had the ceremonies 9 years now. 9 years is nothing from a historical (museum) perspective... Future will bear witness. Hope to see you again sometime! Hi!

Thanks for your visit. It is interesting to read your comments about old Uppsala. I can get similar mixed feelings about the place. About our blot ceremonies, we started them on easter 2000, so don’t expect a museum to be so update so they will mention our activities there, even if we have had the ceremonies 9 years now. 9 years is nothing from a historical (museum) perspective…
Future will bear witness.

Hope to see you again sometime!

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