[Sca-cooks] Viking Day (somewhat OT but there will be cooking demos)

[Elizabeth A Heckert]

I'll be there, but I'm spinning.  The *Gyrfalcon* a knarr, (smaller ship)
will be there too!

    Elizabeth

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:50:41 -0400 "Linda M. Kalb"
<lmkalb at mail.med.upenn.edu> writes:
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>A non-SCA event with period cooking by reenactors:
>
>American Swedish Historical Museum
>located in FDR Park in South Philadelphia near the Sports Complex at
>1900
>Pattison Avenue
>(215) 389-1776
>ashm at libertynet.org
>
>Saturday, September 22, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
>
>Visit the Viking Encampment and watch reenactors demonstrate their
>skills
>in cooking, shipbuilding, and much more! Mock sword battles! Viking
>Chess
>(Hnefatafl) tournament! Children's activities include making runestone
>rubbings and Viking jewelry and learning to use the runic alphabet.
>Admission $5; children under 4, free.
>
>Directions to the Museum
>By Car (plenty of FREE PARKING right in front of the Museum!)
>
> From Center City:
>Take Broad Street South to Pattison Avenue. Turn right onto Pattison
>Avenue. At the next light (20th Street) turn left into FDR Park. Once
>in
>the park, take the first left.
>
> From I-95 North or South:
>Take the Broad Street/Pattison Avenue exit of I-95. If coming from
>I-95
>Southbound, turn right onto Broad Street. If coming from I-95
>Northbound,
>the exit puts you on Broad Street. Stay to the left because the road
>divides. Turn left at the 2nd traffic light, which is Pattison Avenue.
>At
>the next traffic light turn left on 20th Street into FDR park. Once in
>the
>park, take the first left.
>
> From Rte. 76 going East (Schulkyll Expressway):
>Get off at the Penrose Avenue/International Airport exit (left lane
>exit).
>Go to the end of the exit road. At the traffic light, turn left onto
>Penrose. At first stoplight, turn right onto Pattison Avenue. The park
>entrance is at 20th Street. Once in the park, take the first left.
>
> From Rte. 76 going West and the Walt Whitman Bridge:
>Take exit 46 to 7th Street. Follow 7th to Pattison Avenue. Turn right
>on
>Pattison, pass Veterans Stadium on your right, and cross Broad Street.
>At
>next light (20th Street) turn left into FDR Park. Once in the park,
>take
>the first left.
>By Septa
>
>By Public Transit:
>The Museum is easily reached by the Broad Street Subway, with a five
>block
>walk from the Pattison Station. The #17 bus heading to the Naval Base
>stops
>at the Museum building on Pattison Avenue. Contact Septa Information
>at
>(215) 580-7800 to obtain route and schedule information for arriving
>at
>20th and Pattison.
>
>
>Link for Viking Chess
>http://user.tninet.se/~jgd996c/hnefatafl/hnefatafl.html
>
>Inga/Linda
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>
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