Last night I went and saw Hilltop Hoods at the Metro with Matt, Jane and Jess. I met up with Matt at his job (which is just opposite the Metro) and went for a few beers and pizza. Entering the club at around ten we met up with Jane and Jess, there were a couple of other groups on before the Hoods but they weren’t great and the sound system was fairly poor all night, it was almost impossible to hear a word of what they were saying on stage… Finally the Hoods came on around midnight and put on a great show, the only setback was still the sound (as you can hear on the video) but other than that I had a great night! It was also the first time I took advantage of the night life here in the city after almost two months.

Yesterday Bec and I came home after a 5 day ski holiday in Åre. We took the night train both ways which meant that we had a little bed each so we could sleep most of the way (even if Bec had trouble sleeping on the way up due to some loud people next door). We had lots of fun and stayed in a nice little apartment close to the lifts. The first two days we had great weather with clear skies and not too cold, Bec was struggling a bit on the slopes the first day but got a lot better and the last day went down the red runs no problems without snowplowing. On the third day we went to “after ski” a fun tradition to go straight from the slopes in your ski gear to the pub and party and listen to live bands. We a fun time and afterwords had to ski down the slope to the town in the dark which went quite well, unfortunately I tried to do some silly thing on my board on the walk to our apartment and ended up in hospital with a dislocated shoulder again. The last two days I had to strap my arm close to my body while snowboarding which resulted in a weird look and a slight loss of balance but it went alright. The last day we woke up and it had snowed about 10cm during the night, my friend Anna had come over from Östersund about an hour away to ski with us and brought her friend Erik. The day was pretty windy but we had lots of fun before Bec and I caught the train back to Gothenburg again that night.

Today we have tried two new winter activities: ice-skating and cross-country skiing. In the morning we went to the outdoor ice rink in Mölndal. We had lots of fun and Bec did really well, after about an hour both our feet hurt quite a bit and we called it quits. After lunch we got ready for our next adventure: cross-country skiing. After a bit of trouble with the skies we got on our way, Bec was struggling a bit in the beginning but after a while she went allright, on our way back the sun had already set and the lights along the track gave a cosy feeling. Tonite we’re going in to the city, probably for a bit of pool and a few beers.

A snowstorm has moved in over the south of Sweden and is getting closer to Gothenburg. One airport has had to shut down for about 5 hours and lots of cars have run off the road. The snowfall here is getting heavier and heavier and it’s forcasted a couple of decimeters of snow Hopefully that’s correct because then Bec and I can go cross country skiing this afternoon. Right now we’re going out for a walk.

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We now have almost 1dm of snow outside and it’s still snowing. I went with Bec down to a store and bought a toboggan so we could go out and play in the snow. We had heaps of fun and hopefully the snow will keep coming.