23 December 2009

Stockholm – Day 1 – Part 1

Today is the first whole day we have in Stockholm. At around 5.17am I woke up from a strange loud noise, it was a kind of scrapping noise, MV woke up too. MV found out that the noise was made by the snow plough scrapping the snow off the roads!

We were feeling quite awake, so MV and I decided to head out for some photography whilst no one was around. It was cold and dark but the surrounding buildings were nicely lit. I found it difficult walking on snow. I found it quite tedious. The shoes bought from the Kathmandu shop were great. They kept the feet warm and dry, but it was heavy and since it was ankle high, I had sore ankles, must not tighten the shoes too much. Nevertheless, I took my first few shots and touched snow for the first time.

I also noticed that there are quite a few abandoned bicycles around, I started making a point of looking out for them.

Here is a link to some photos taken from the early morning. [Link]

Monday, 21 December 2009

Mad Violinist (my hubby) and I are going to Sweden! Woke up early this morning at around 6.40am as I had some work I needed to finish. I had already packed my luggage on the weekend. It was hard trying to keep everything under 20Kg. Even harder to try to keep the hand luggage under 7kg! In the end I used the theory that women are allowed a handbag as well as a hand luggage and brought both.

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