The weather has been really crazy here. Firstly, there has been snow (and lots of it) since about the 10th of December, so that is already about 80 days of snow in a row. Secondly, it’s been cold… It was -26 on Monday night here in Stockholm, but today it has suddenly changed. It’s +3 which is the first time it’s been above 0 this yearand the snow is getting a real fright.
Just as well that over the last few days I managed to get some enjoyment out of the winter.
As the busses and trains have been snarled up with the super cold temperatures at the start of the week, I decided to walk to work yesterday and took a little “shortcut” over the frozen lake at Brunnsviken. Was very nice to walk about 1Km across the lake and make it to work in less than 30 mins. Wouldn’t try that today though!
Last Saturday me and Maria were treated to a day out skiing at Flottsbro, just south of Stockholm by our friends as my birthday present for my 30th.
I’m not really the worlds best skier, but can basically stay upright on the nursery slopes. Of course I decided that I am now advanced enough to try snowboarding instead.
Was a bad idea. I managed to stay upright for a combined time of around 7 seconds. I fell about 50 times and some of my falls were quite spectacular (much to the amusement of passers-by). I’ve found that there is a big difference between learning these things as a 30 year old compared to as a teenager. A week later and I am still black and blue.
I changed to Ski’s in the afternoon and had a great time 
