Winter-time archipelago

Some friends from out-of-town (but who used to be in-towners) were here today, and we went for a little excursion to the very, very frozen archipelago, more exactly Hönö. As with many of the islands outside this city you have to get on the car ferry to get there.















Did I mention it was quite cold? And very, very slippery at some places. I almost dropped my camera at a few occasions.





This young lady has already learnt a few of the very important things in life, like that cameras are much more interesting than crazy grown-ups making strange noises...



On the way back, we stopped at Masthuggskyrkan, to look at the view of the city. It was nice but very cold and windy up there so it was a short stop...

A January walk in the "park"

The original plan for yesterday was indoor work out and apartment cleaning. However, I needed some bread-baking therapy and it seemed stupid to clean the kitchen before that event, and once I was done, I spotted blue skies and decided that a 2+hour outdoor walk probably was better for me. (Apartment cleaning and indoor work out happened today.)



It's still winter here, and quite beautiful at times.



Cross country tracks on a frozen lake.



"Ice falls".



Another frozen lake.



But the best ice for skating was not on any of the frozen lakes but actually on the road between the parking lot and the lake.

Long time no blogging...

More is to come soon, but here is at least a few snaps from the past weekend (apparently, everyone else was inside watching alpine/cross country/biathlon) because I was all alone outside...




It was sort of dark and grey which might be another explanation to why I was all alone out doors...



We still have snow here....



A different take on bike-lights...



And a very random sign for a "Van Gogh-studio" that I happened to pass by during my (almost) random walk...

A great weekend

James was visiting this weekend. Renee couldn't be here since she, for unclear reasons, preferred Orlando, Florida to Göteborg... (Quite a bit odd, I know...)

Unfortunately neither the gosling, nor Ragnar the ram could come either, but instead we had company by the Mitten during our exploratory walks in the city. The Mitten was very happy, since the weather matched his own colors fairly well...










The Mitten was sort of surprised to see that someone had left their beer glass outside all night, and wanted James to drink it, or if maybe James wanted the Mitten to drink it.








The walk took us up a very long stairway. The Mitten got tired in the middle of it all. At least that is how James and I recall it.










Once we got up there, James wanted to try to be a statue. The Mitten admired the view.






















We found a store that sells smoked tabasco, and all sorts of other good stuff. The Mitten was very, very happy! (Not to mention how happy I was...)








The Mitten (or maybe James) thought it could be useful with some more furniture in my still sort-of-empty apartment so they went looking and found me a money-chair... Too expensive unfortunately.












James also found a new friend. Maybe he saved all the chilis for his new friend... Or maybe he's not used to hot food anymore. Getting Swedish-y maybe? Anyway, I can now check of finding a good thai restaurant from the list.




















And the city had one of its really beautiful moments.

Saturday and Sunday walks

Redbergsparken









View from Redbergsparken






Birds at Östra Kyrkogården







Sunset, Redbergsparken







And another view from Redbergsparken.






Redbergsparken and Östra kyrkogården (East Cemetery) are both located in my new neighborhood.

Last weekend: Cops

There was a soccer game in this town last Sunday. I was on a little excursion and came back at ca 6.30 pm, and this is what the square just outside the train station looked like:








Cops, cops and cops...

A Saturday walk

So, the cold/(seasonal or swine) flu is still giving me a bad cough, a runny nose and bad headache, but today I was so bored that I decided to challenge it just a little and go for a walk. Whether that was a good idea or not will probably be obvious tomorrow.




I found, among other things, a random stairway... And a lot of autumn leaves (think "Autumn leaves" with Nat King Cole and you'll understand the feeling...)





And a little river with some cool fall color reflections...







And the famous SKF-logo...






...and, interestingly enough, a random phone booth in a residential area. (Readers with area knowledge are encouraged to take a guess as to where it was found.) This is a very uncommon sight in Sweden these days, since everyone is expected to have a cell phone...