Midsummer in Glanshammar
Midsummer in the countryside! It’s lush and green and filled with people. Oh, and we had a Tropical theme to this one. As you do.
Category: Travel
And then I made a fascinating hat
When I arrived in Sweden my mum handed me a paper. It was apparently supposed to be an invite, but looked more like a 6 yo had used word to write up a message and include some clipart. Anyway. It was an invite. To a surprise activity on a Sunday evening. We had no idea what it was and my mum wasn’t telling us a word either, just that it was for me, her, my niece, my auntie and my cousin.
I had theories. In the back of my head I thought “Play! It has to be a play!” cause my mum likes that cultural stuff and from the brief memory I have of that “invite” I think I remember reading something like that? But boy was I wrong. We had a hat class. Or, more correctly, a fascinator class. Oh, and I managed to not photograph my creation. If you’re curious, check out this insty post instead. Try to guess colour + decoration beforehand. I bet you can’t guess it. Or can you?
Brunch + Snösätra
It was a busy day today. Well, I started with a wee bit of a sleep in, but then we headed to Lidingö for brunch with the family. I took no photos of the actual brunch because hell, I was too busy chumming down all the food. We took a small wander along the gorgeous view from the place we were at. Sweden’s really kinda pretty sometimes. My niece also wanted to gif with my dad and who am I to deny someone of some gif funness?
Once family times were over I headed south, picked up a friend or two along the way and headed to Snösätra, which is a small industrial area in the south of Stockholm which since 2014 has been the home of plenty of graffiti and outdoor art. We found lots of that. Plus a small cafe and a dog. Ehm, I might have taken too many photos of the dog Sickan, because unnggg I want a dog. So so so so badly.
All in all: good Sunday, no complaints here.
Beard scratch
Apparently making silly gifs in epic places are my new favourite thing to do.
Christchurch day 1
After not knowing if we were going at all, we finally made it to New Zealand. The first full day consisted of:
1. Driving to the city and trying to find parking that wasn’t in the middle of a giant puddle of water.
2. Walking around the city center (trying to find me some shoes)
3. Drinking a syrup chai
4. Driving to a mall (!!)
5. Buying shoes. And stuff so I can charge my phone + listen to music while driving (so much driving!) + see maps
6. Driving to a big hill and watching a view of Christchurch that completely blew us away. Like literally. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced so much wind in like forever. Ever? I thought for a second that my phone would blow away if I let it go. Check the post below for windy gifs!
Now going to sip on my glass of wine and go to bed. BAI!
Christchurch – wind & waves (the hand kind)
HELLO NEW ZEALAND. Please work on that wind a bit, I thought that my phone would blow out of my hand!
PS, these are gifs and maybe of the bigger kind, so just wait for them to load!
Mini Melbs overseas
What are the odds that friends from Melbourne happen to come to London at the same time you’re there? I’d say quite high, but against the odds (geez, I need to stop use the word odds or we’ll all go insane) I met up with Lyndsey and Anne the other day, who had arrived from Melbs just that morning. We strolled around West End and Soho, taking in the sights and enjoying a lunch in the crypt and delicious cocktails at a hidden bar. The only thing I can complain about is the end of it: something I’d eaten wasn’t agreeing with my stomach, so I headed back to London Fields and spent the evening on the couch watching bad tv series, while Lani and Dylan were enjoying drinks. The envy! Oh well, better get better than go out and feel bad!
Streetfeast
Best way to spend a Friday night? At a warehouse full of food trucks and bars and people. OH how I have missed shooting food as well. We ate and drank and I put away the camera when we continued the night at an amazingly cute garden place next door.
Midsummer
It was my first midsummer in Sweden in 5 years and damn, it was good, full of sunshine and ice cold water, saunas, beer, croquet and spontaneous kitchen concerts. I’ll have to be back for more next year.
Not enough time…
Can totes summarise life right now. The last week I’ve had essentially all waking hours scheduled with stuff and I’m tired. Oh so tired. I have another couple of fairly intense days ahead of me, but after that: hopefully a couple of days of relaxation. Wish me well.
Until then I’ll leave you with a summery shot from yesterday afternoon/evening, which was spent with a some friends + one cute kiddo!
