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.

Today I went with Bec to Slottskogen in Gothenburg, it’s a big park in the center of the city wich also has a little animal park with native swedish animals. We met Oscar there and walked around for a while, it was very cold though. The best part (except the hot chocolate afterwards) was to see the king of the swedish forest: the Moose.

Today I’ve been to the dentist and removed one of my wisdom teeth. It’s been growing forward towards the other teeth instead of upwards so if I didn’t get it out it would start hurting the other teeth. Because it was positioned as it was it was impossible to pull it out so it had to be removed surgically piece by piece. After a few hours when the anesthetic wore of it was really painful but I’ve got some hard core painkillers so I’ll survive. In two weeks it’s time for the next one…

Bec has got a little portion of winter in Sweden the last days. We have been out walking in the snow which was really nice but the last two days it’s been more like normal weather with just a couple of degrees above zero and rain. We’ve built a Gingerbread house, which is a Swedish tradition, to make a link to Australia we used Bec’s familys farm as a start for the design. On Wednesday we went to Liseberg, an amusement park in Gothenburg that has a Christmas market and lots of nice lights everywhere, we had a nice time and Bec tried “Glögg” (Swedish verion of Glühwein) for the first time. It was raining a fair bit unfortunately so when we got home we where pretty cold. We turned on the sauna, this was Bec’s first sauna and she didn’t last very long. Thursday Bec met Christofer and Beatrice, two of my really close friends. They made us a really nice dinner and we had a very nice time, we’ll probably sped new years together as well. Today we went into the city to look in shops and go and see the movie Narnia, which was really good. We also met up with Oscar who I haven’t seen for quite a while so that was fun. Now it’s time to decorate the christmas tree…

My quick visit to Australia is over and I’m back in Sweden with four stiches in my right foot as a souvenir. The trip went ok but Finnair doesn’t hold the same high standards as Malaysian unfortunately, no personal tv-screen and pretty ordinary food. It had been snowing in Sweden during the night so this is how it looked when I got home this morning.

Yesterday we got a tiny bit of snow, and last night we had -5.8′C. Winter is on it’s way…

Here are two pictures I took outside our house at around 9am…

Lots of new pictures up, and it’s a cold and rainy day here in Torquay.