On my last day in Sweden I had a lovely sleep in while poor Jessie had to head off to work early in the morning, then I spent a few hours catching up on emails, booking trains etc. etc. Super fun organizational stuff! When I was all packed up & ready to leave the next morning I headed into the city where I would be meeting Jessie after work. I revisited the store (Lagerhaus) where we'd bought the biscuit tin for the Bojler's Anzac biscuits the week before &...

I woke up early on Sunday morning & lay in bed reading my book for a couple of hours. We picked off the leftovers for breakfast & spent the rest of the morning slowly & reluctantly packing up & getting ready to return to the city. A lot of Swedish people will come out to these houses & spend their entire summer's here, perhaps working in jobs on the bigger nearby islands where there are restaurants & shops…I can see why. It's such a gl...

On Sunday morning we slept in late before one by one appearing on the balcony for a late breakfast with eggs, toast, yogurt, & amongst other things, cucumber. Yes, the cucumber (or gerka, as the Swedes call it) seems to be a very popular thing to munch on pretty much any time of the day or night, particularly strangely at breakfast time. They eat it on toast with cream cheese, which, while strange to me, is not that far I suppose from a cucumber sandwhich a...

On Friday morning Jessie & I were up early to join the rest of the Swedish population heading out of Stockholm for the weekend to their summerhouses in the archipelago to celebrate Midsommar. Midsommar is the celebration of the summer solstice in Sweden, which is the longest day of the year. In a country that only gets a couple hours of light during the days in winter, this is definitely a reason to celebrate! We piled onto the bus with dozens of other p...

Thursday was another typical Swedish day with a LOT of rain! Jessie & I had a moleing day (as Jan-Louise would call it :P) & hung around at her apartment resting up for the coming weekend's festivities. We baked a delicious batch of Anzac biscuits (cookies, Jessie calls them) to take with us to the family we were going to stay with for Midsommar as a thank you for having us. I made them with Jessie for Australia day when she visited Perth earlier this y...