With Emmerson the dog. Check out Stina’s Flickr page for more old pictures.
Category: Sweden (page 3 of 4)
There’s an unique sense of freedom to the Swedish summer. While we were there a few weeks ago, celebrating Sofia’s cousin’s wedding, I took the opportunity to revisit one of the places that grew to mean a lot to me last year during our wedding preparations.
The night before we got married, a few of my friends (Dave, Luke and Chris) took me for a late night swim in a lake close to where we were staying. It’s a tradition that began with Dave’s wedding the year before, and which I see as something of a rite of passage, a final blast of your old way of life as another is about to begin.
That particular evening Dave and Luke swam out far, and when I caught up they were contemplating the depths beneath: ‘what creatures could be living in those murky waters?’ We dipped our heads under the water and were immersed in a silent blackness.
This time it was daylight and I had the lake all to myself. As I paddled in, the stillness of the surface was broken by gentle rings.
Last weekend we had the pleasure of hanging out with Daniel, our first visitor since moving to Wales. We had fun exploring Cardiff and the surrounding areas, including: shopping at Spillers Records (“The Oldest Record Shop in the World”), checking out the Art Installations at The Museum of Wales and Climbing Pen Y Fan (“the highest peak in Southern Britain”) in the Brecon Beacons.
There are more photos over on Flickr. Click here to visit them.
Hon sitter med skorna på sig inomhus & på mattan dessutom -Så Oförskämt, tänker du kanske!? Men det är inget ovanligt här i Wales och i resten av Storbrittanien, att man har ytterskorna på sig inomhus och traskar runt på heltäckningsmattan. Känns lite lustigt. Mattan blir ju smutsig…
Translation
I’m basically trying to demonstrate an everyday ‘cultural’ difference between Sweden and Wales (and rest of the UK): In the UK many people wear their outdoor boots indoors as well, even on the carpet!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this would most likely be considered rude in Sweden. It’ll take me a while to get used to this…