
1. Bovallstrand, 2. Bovallstrand, 3. Bovallstrand, 4. Bovallstrand
I probably should have posted much earlier, but I was too lazy relaxing on the west coast of Sweden.
The trip over was very exhausting, but I only managed to spend one pound and fifteen pence on a bottle of water at Heathrow. The security staff at all the security checks kept swiping my water bottles because they weren’t 100ml ones. I just want a drink! I’m no terrorist! It was boiling in Hong Kong and Heathrow which I wasn’t prepared for. I was lucky as the terminals weren’t as full as I expected, but I was flying at a rather odd time. I managed to sleep for most of the long haul flights which was lovely, the babies I were surrounded by didn’t bother me. They only wailed and screamed when we landed, I think their little baby ears were hurting. It was so nice to land in Arlanda airport. It was lovely and empty when I got there, and my Grandma and Great Aunt were waiting for me. They both looked so shocked to see me, I don’t think they recognised me. I wouldn’t either if I saw me then! I had very minimal hair last time they saw me and now I have a mop of it! Needless to say I’m in no hurry to hop on a flight back to Australia!
I got to soak up the last little bits of Summer just before it went away. Now it’s in the limbo of seasons, it’s trying to be cold and Autumn like, but then the sun comes out and warms everything up.
I’ve been shopping and had a blast! I haven’t bought all that much yet, but there’s lots of time to shop up a storm!
I haven’t been sightseeing all that much yet, as we’ve only been back in Stockholm for a week and a bit. I think we’re planning to go to Skansen sometime soon, I hope to go on a tour bus around Stockholm because it’s just such a huge city. I’ve heard Stockholm is called the ‘Venice of the North’ and I think that’s true, but it’s no where near as cramped! I had a chance to take a gazillion photos on the west coast, but flickr didn’t let me upload them all at once. I’m working on taking lots of photos here in Stockholm too, but at the moment I’ve only been around the local parts in our suburb of Östermalm which is lovely.
I’m yet to take a photo of Karlavägen, which is a beautiful street I get to walk down quite frequently, It’s lined by trees and the trees are starting to turn autumn-y colours and when there’s a breeze some of the leaves float down, it looks like a scene from a movie! Completely magical.
The old people around here dress fantastically! The men look dapper and women chic! They look like the belong on a movie set. That’s pretty much what it’s like here, you wake up and walk outside and it feels like you’ve stepped onto a movie or tv set. It’s something else.
I’m in the middle of reading Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind which is fantastic, I highly reccomend it. I saw the film first not knowing it was based on a novel, and I fell in love with it.
Well I think that’s all for the update, well that’s all I can remember.
Until next time,
Puss och kram










