Jennie's co-worker, Ewa, decided last summer that the stockmarket was not a wise investment at this point and so plunked down 1.8 million krowns for a 22 square metre apartment in Stockholm. I don't know whether this was wise, but it certainly worked out for Richard, Jennie and me this weekend. We dropped our stuff off on Saturday afternoon in a big brown brick building apartment on the ground floor. I don't know how 4, soon to be 5, people will manage in there, but for the 3 of us, it was a great home base and dining experience -- thanks to local food stores and the abundance of lovely breads and cheeses, fish, moose salami, lingonberry icecream, etc. Can't ask for better than that.
We also wandered many kilometers from this lovely location -- opposite a park which snuggles against one of the rivers. We shopped as there were some things that Richard and Jennie could only find in the big city. We looked at buildings and parks. Rich and I visited Skansen, a swedish pioneer village complete with Viking storehouse, reindeer, and glassblowing. We revelled in the lovely autumn weather.
So, while Jennie stays in the capital to do some work, Richard and I have moved north to Uppsala to take in some cultural and natural sights tomorrow and head to Gavle tomorrow evening. Jenn comes home on Wednesday evening.
It has been a wonderful weekend, spent with 2 young people who love this country and see the good before any bad. They are doing well and happy -- what more could a Mommy want?
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