Scandinavia Trip, part 2 - Lund, Sweden

About half-way through the trip we hit a whirlwind of travel. Within the span of 36 hours we drove from Copenhagen, Denmark to Lund, Sweden where we met with a very cool global company and did our second case. Immediately after our case was presented and we received feedback from the company we drove for an hour and hopped on a plane to Stockholm, Sweden. We were lucky enough to have a few hours to wander around Lund the night before our company visit and case. Lund is a very picturesque college town and I thought it was unusual that such a large company would have their headquarters in such a rural area. I loved Lund and I am not just saying this because while we were there the temperatures were in the high 70s :-)

In the middle of Lund's town center was a beautiful stone church from the 1400s. Inside was an incredible clock that had both the time and the astrological signs.
Lund also had several stone Viking runes outside of one of the academic buildings. Coolest discovery ever!!!
I was amazed to see that in this part of Sweden thatched roofs, while not necessarily commonplace, were used on a number of homes and buildings.
I loved the rebuilding of this home. They kept the original stonework intact and then filled in the missing stones with brick.
In the middle of the Lund University campus was one of these "you are here" totem poles. This particular one had quotations in addition to cities/distances. We all took our pictures here and I thought it was funny that we traveled so far only to have our pictures taken with something decidedly un-Scandinavian.
Here's me trying to look authoritative as I describe technology usage statistics of US teenagers. This case was my worst group experience ever. My group silenced me and marginalized me by giving me meaningless tasks so by the time we presented I had no idea what the hell we were doing. Interestingly enough though, went we first started discussing the case I suggested something that everyone immediately said wasn't a good idea. Lo and behold, that was the idea that the group ultimately went with while I was working on useless tasks for the presentation. Note the displeased looks on my teammates' faces. I love my "I mean business" suit!
On the way to the airport we stopped by an old castle that has this watchguard sitting down on the job. In his left hand is a cup of coffee and in his right hand is a roll of some sort. I love how lifelike he looks!