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I am very interested in history and have been working on my doing geaneology research for many years. I picked up where my grandfather left off. My grandmother's side of the family has a lot of history in Orresta right outside of Västerås. I spent every summer there in a 100 year old summer house. It was simple. Not fancy at all. I never understood why my friends would spend their summer holidays in a more modern summer house with a big TV, indoor plumbing and a pool. To me that was just a house. In my mind they could very well have just stayed at home. Now when I'm all grown up I have got to admit that I prefer a more modern home since living in an old house means a lot of work. But I miss how easy it was as a child to not have to worry about it. We just played and played. Ran around in the grass, woke up with condensation on the windows, fed the birds, ate outside while my grandmother was running in and out with pots and pans.

 

We could look across the field and see the church standing right there. During hundreds of years my family has been christened, married and buried there. My grandmother's father played a huge role in creating a society in Orresta and to not let it get taken over by the big city Västerås. To this day this place gives me the best of chills because I have many photos from back in the old days when my family worked hard to provide for themselves and in the evening would go to a meadow somewhere to dance the waltz. Or meet up at my great grandparents house where there was always a big party going on with plenty of food and friends.