Almost two weeks ago, in reply to my article on Crumple Horned Snorkacks, 12 students and 14 of-age witches and wizards embarked on a journey to Sweden. They all met in London, students of myHogwarts being payed for by the Salem Naturalist Society for Promoting Child Awareness of their Surroundings (Or the SNSPCAS), where Luna Lovegood briefed the crowd on what they were looking for, and then they all shared the few brooms they had among them, and made their way slowly to Sweden. Once in Sweden, the group stayed for a week, traveling around Sweden, looking for Snorkacks in a number of places. Neville Longbottom, Head Environmentalist and Professor of Herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, of the tour, sent us a letter fromthe capital of Sweden, Stockholm! Here it is:

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Dear Athena,
    We had a great time in Sweden seeing the sights and wildlife!

I especially enjoyed seeing all the amazing plants, and even discovered a few new species! Whilst the plant life was really special, we were there to find Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, and Xenophilius and Luna often left me in a meadow while they looked for them.
They didn't want to take photos, as they believed people would doubt them, but I have enclosed a sketch, which is enclosed. I have since investigated, with the help of my uncle, naturalist Mark Longbottom, and he has informed me the creature we spotted and I sketched was actually an Erumpent, a potentially dangerous creature native to Africa, though Xenophilius is still a little skeptical.
Although we may not have found the creature we were looking for, we all had an excellent time, and Xeno still has high hopes, so this probably won't be the last of it! You should be receiving Xeno and Luna's letters soon, if you haven't already.

    Yours happily,
    Neville Longbottom
      Herbology Professor, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Also, I spoke to two a few mH students! The first was dylan, a young Hufflepuff student. Here is a questionnaire he sent after the trip...

 

Student's Q and A - dylan....

 

What was your favourite thing about Sweden?
The open country side and the old fashioned towns.

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Did you find anything interesting, or any sign of the crumple horned snorkack?
I unfortunately didn't have any luck finding any crumple horned snorkacks... Though i did hear many stories of where they could be found..

While i was over in Sweden i did find out a couple of interesting facts... some of these include;
- Sweden is set to become the first country in the world to phase out petrol for biofuel.
- As of 2006, Sweden was the most generous country in the world regarding aid to poor countries. It is the only nation where donations exceed 1% of the GDP.
- Sweden has the highest number of McDonald restaurants per capita in Europe (although that is only about half of the US ratio).

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Also, here are a few other questions and answers from some other mH students:

 

Who do you think was the most enthusiastic participant and why them?
Well, obviously Luna was really excited about the trip - she knows that Crumple Horned Snorkacks exist and she desperately wanted to see one. Her father was also very excited, but in a quieter way. Neville looked vaguely interested, but I think he was there because Luna asked him to be, rather than because he wanted to see the creatures. GinnyMagic1234 and Dylan were also very enthusiastic in my opinion. Their binoculars always hung around their necks and they looked really keen to see something. I've always loved magical creatures, so I was excited too. I think there was just this feeling within the whole group of excitement but also a little bit of tension. We had travelled from Hogwarts in Scotland all the way to Sweden, so we wanted it to be worthwhile.

 

Did you find any Crumple Horned Snorkacks on your travels?
It sort of varied. Luna was pointing them out nearly all the time, but I couldn't see most of them she was pointing out. She must have seen at least twenty! She drew a picture of herself on the back of a Crumple Horned Snorkack. I did see three of the creatures. They were wonderful! Magnificent things - just amazing! Neville said he couldn't see any, but the rest of us saw at least one. We tried to photograph them and print them magically, but they didn't show up in my picture for some reason, so we had to stick to drawing. Everyone saw at least one except for Neville. I think Luna exaggerated them slightly in her picture, because they weren't that easy to spot! You had to look really closely and be very observant.