.... and what a beautiful, hot, sunny week. The locals are saying it's a "good" summer - but not exceptional. Hard to believe that the waterways / lakes etc will be frozen over in a few months.
So each morning when greeted with the bright blue sky - have set out on the trusty legs again. Have ticked off many of the places on the plan:
wandered thru Gamla Stan - no recession there judging by the eateries; tunnelbana (metro) to Skogskyrkogarden (World Heritage woodland cemetry) - I know sounds an odd place to go - but combines art, architecture and nature!; metro to Millesgarden - more scuplture / gardens / art. ferry to Djurgarden and more walking - Rosendale Palace (just a minor one in comparison), and the odd church.
yesterday (Sunday) we took the ferry out to Grinda in the archipelago - similar to the Marlborough Sounds in some ways - but more populated. - The Swedish beaches consist of smooth rocks - over which there are many Swedish bodies. As soon as the sun comes out - they are out in it - getting their full dose of Vitamin D before the long winter. Water is a bit too cool for my liking - but Sarah had a quick dip. Apparently it warms up in some of the inlets - but one girl was telling us that she had been swimmimg in 14 degree water, altho she was pleased she didn't know what it was before she got in!
Many of the parks have allotments where they have a little patch of flowers/vegetables - and a space for the barbeque - and a little 2 x 2 m hut - gorgeous to walk through at this time of year.
had some difficulty recognising place names - too many k/g/y/js together - but finally getting the hang of them. some are easier to recognise than others eg garden (except this keyboard doesn't have the little o above the a), other become recognisable (kyrka and museet) and others are still a mystery.
wondered thru shops - rather pricy - so except for using Sarah's staff discount at H & M haven't done much damage. Lovely to look at the Swedish design tho.
anyway off for more training and walking -
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