So yesterday was pretty exciting! I visited Sweden's biggest moose farm and Kosta Boda Glassworks. I'm splitting them into different posts because there's too much to tell for each!
So the moose farm was very cool. Our crazy tour guide spoke zero English and even the Swedish students with us had a hard time understanding him. And we were all pretty positive that in the off-season he was actually Santa Clause.
We got lucky enough to see a couple moose... sometimes they stay away from the people but they literally were right at the fence. At one point I was trying to take a picture in front of two of them and one stuck his nose in my hair. Terrifying! So we have a funny picture of me panicking and ducking out of the frame.
There was also an exhibit showing the danger of moose and traffic. They had an actual vehicle that hit a moose while driving, and the real pictures from the scene. It was a bit morbid. The Swedish government actually began installing elk and moose fences along major highways to reduce the number of accidents involving moose. They're the biggest member of the elk family and lots of people are killed in their cars if they hit a moose. Nothing like driving in Minnesota where we just have to worry about whitetail deer.
Sweden has roughly 350,000 moose and every year during hunting season, the number goes down to about 250,000. Moose meat is considered a delicacy in Sweden. We had the pleasure of grilling our own mooseburger... sooo good! I think I actually prefer it to a regular hamburger.
All in all, the moose farm was great.
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