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December brought the first significant snowfall, the darkest day, stacks of golden lussebullar (saffron buns), skating rinks, bottles of glögg in supermarkets, blue light in the mornings, popup Christmas tree sellers, amaryllis and wind that blows through to your bones. Snow was forecast but we weren't expecting this
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We've spent the last few weekends making improvements to the apartment. Between that and feeling ill for half of November, we hadn't spend much time in the wilderness. But sun was forecast on Saturday! The days are dark at the moment so we didn't
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November was a month of new light; candles for Alla Helgons Dag and festive decorations. The streets became a stream of people in dark coats, big hats and chunky boots. Trees surrendered the last of their leaves, ice formed throughout the archipelago and the first snowfall arrived. Quite a change
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October was the month of dogs in coats, low sun, Halloween pumpkins, coughs and sneezes, string lights on balconies, colourful leaves and sunsets, clothing reflectors and the first bottles of Julmust on supermarket shelves. I love the shift at this time of year. The streets turn fiery and the archipelago
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The alarm went off at 5:45am; not even the seagulls were up that early. We got dressed, collected our "breakfast to go" prepared by the hotel and said goodbye to Visby. There are only a couple of journeys per day, so the ferry terminal was busy even
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It was the second and last morning of waking up to this view. Breakfast was amazing. Scrambled eggs, roasted tomatoes and baked squash with feta. Hotel Skeppsholmen held the top spot for the best scrambled eggs (which they are famous for) but these squeezed them down to second place. Swedes
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We woke up to rain streaming down the window, which wasn't ideal given we wanted to spend a day walking along the coast. Our plan was to pack some food, pick a direction and keep on walking until we got tired. Waking up with a hot drink and
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We didn't take much time off over Summer so we were determined to squeeze in a short trip before Winter arrives. I was excited to go back to Visby (on the island of Gotland) and spend a few days by the sea. It's somewhere we visited
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September was the month life returned to pre-pandemic normal; the last of our restrictions were lifted apart from the non EU/EEA entry ban. Coffee shops and restaurants were busy, organised tours snaked through the streets of Gamla Stan, there were fewer queues outside shops and rush hour became more
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We've spent the last few weekends out and about in the city centre (photos coming soon), so it was time for a day in the wild. Spending a Sunday lazing around was tempting but we were spurred out of the house by the fact the sun won'
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August was a month of people trickling back into the city, outdoor markets, crayfish mania, darker evenings, piles of chanterelle, chilly winds with hot sun, busy shopping streets, fewer masks, heavy rain and highly practical thigh length waterproof jackets. Chanterelle mushrooms came into season. We saw these at a farmer&
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One of my favourite times of year has arrived... wild blueberry season! I kept checking the bushes each time we visited the forest and the first berries were finally ready a couple of weeks ago. Yas! We eat a million berries in the forest, save a few to eat fresh
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