Spring ball

Uppsala is a place which honours its traditions. The spring ball is one of them. What an evening/night/morning! We were a company of seven: Clara, Johannes, Gunilla, Joakim, Feven, Gabriel and me. The evening started with a glass of champagne decorated with a strawberry, and was followed up with a five course dinner that lasted close to midnight... It was a feast and it was an honour to be part of it all: the great company (thank you guys!) and the delicious food (part from the slightly frozen chocolate mousse...) all accompanied with the performers that appeared throughout the evening. After dinner steerage dancing was on the menu, the dance cards decided the order of partners. Not surprisingly there is a code for this too, first you should dance with your dinner partner, then with the man sitting on your right side and lastly the one sitting opposite you. After that you are free to choose partner. Some of the men really have impressive dancing skills! Afterwards we went to Gothenbourg nation and danced until the sun came up... Great experience: the athmosphere, the people, the food, the drinks, and to top it all of it is quite something to see (most of the) people in evening dresses/dress suits. This tradition goes back to the 19th century and I hope it has many years to come, including the serenade performed the evening/night before the spring ball by the man to his dinner partner. I doubt it is threatened though, after all this is Uppsala.