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October has been a good month for night walks. I say night walks but darkness arrives by 5pm so it's not like we've had to venture late! The trees have lost their leaves, julstjärna have started appearing in shop windows, city dogs are wearing their safety
Iceland
My photo library sent a reminder that we were in Iceland this time four years ago. We spent five days in Reykjavík and another five in the wilderness about an hour away from the city. Since travel is out of the question for the foreseeable future, I thought I'
Life
Life lately has been cold air, darker evenings and sunlight to new areas of the apartment. We've been burning more candles, making Saturday morning treat trips for Lördagsgodis, playing with new cameras and we bought a loaf of bread from our favourite bakery again (they were closed over
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The city came alive again during September. More people, more traffic, more shops are open and best of all... there are more sausage dogs roaming the streets. My game of sausage watch (which could be mistaken for another activity by those not in the know) can finally be resumed. This
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We spent our last day in Visby wandering through old streets and sitting on the beach. The last chance to find more sea glass and pick up a few gifts to send back to the UK. Gotland has been hit hard by the pandemic so we decided to support local
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Our second day in Visby started with finding bikes to hire. We planned to cycle to a place called Tofta Strand and eat burgers for lunch on the beach. Planned being the key word. I chose one of those classic looking city bikes you see pootling around places like Copenhagen.
Places
We recently visited Visby, a small town on the island of Gotland in the Baltic sea. It was out first trip away since arriving in Sweden! Visby was a great option because we could travel there without flying and the island is pretty quiet at the moment. Both big plus
Life
The obsession with finding Dan A. Mangs started four weeks ago at a loppis. I spotted a pile of photographic prints sprawled across a table and couldn't resist a quick peek. They were gold! Black and white street photography, Swedish life, hospitals, elderly care homes and portraits. I
Hiking
The hike to Tornbergets utsiktstorn was an even split of good and bad luck. We boarded the train and I realised my phone had restarted — a problem because my sim adds a passcode lock after restart. I didn't have the passcode to hand so we ended up finding
Hiking
Rain was forecast last weekend but we really wanted to head out for a hike, so we said sod the weather and did it anyway. These photos are quite dark and moody! It was finally cool enough to wear our proper hiking boots again, which was good because we never
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Stockholm has been deserted for most of August but that has started to change this past week. People are returning from their Summer cabins and staycations. Even Gamla Stan, which has been a ghost town for weeks, is now filled with more people than pigeons for the first time in
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Another first to cross off the life in Sweden list... a crayfish party! Or kräftskiva as it's known in Swedish. Our lovely neighbours and their friends showed us how to celebrate and most importantly, how to navigate our way inside the shells. All socially distanced of course. Sweden
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