Christmas day walk

It seems the 24th of December is the main Christmas event in Sweden, and there are many people walking about or going out with friends on the 25th. In that manner, we also took a stroll around a ruin that we had visited before.

While completely cold, the sun was lovely...

 

Christmas feast

It is really special when we can get together with family to make good food and spend time over Christmas. The fun starts from making the food. This year we added gravlax, a cured salmon dish with beet roots and horse radish.

 

    

 

God Jul!

Christmas in Frankfurt

In front of the old opera in Frankfurt. Funny that the Christmas decoration was highlighted with equally festive signs of those who sponsored, the banks and legal offices around West End. Below was the most crowded Christmas market in all of Europe (my personal opinion), in the manner of Shibuya crossing.

Swedish Santa Lucia in Frankfurt

At a beautiful Swedish Santa Lucia concert in Frankfurt. The concert was followed by a nice glögg (mulled wine) and pepparkakor (gingerbread cookies) outside the church... mmm. I have never seen so many Swedes outside of Sweden.

 

 

My friend's rathaus wedding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friend got married last week at a rathaus, a city hall in a beautifully preserved small German village. While the process was non catholic and entirely administrative, weddings are weddings and always romantic... A warm congratulations to the couple!

 

Fiket in Gränna, Sweden

 

On the way back from Stockholm to Gothenburg, we made a pit stop in Gränna. This is apparently one of Swedish kids' favorite shool trip destinations, as they could visit a candy stick factory. Here, we had lunch at a 50s cafe called Fiket. They had a perfect shrimp salad and very yummy pancakes!

Fiket

Address: Brahegatan 43, 563 32 Gränna, Sweden
Phone:+46 390 100 57

 

Christmas is all around in Stockholm

Christmas was in full swing in Stockholm. There were many Christmas markets in different parts of the city.

 

 

The real deal cinnamon and cardamom rolls from NK Stockholm

 

Now these were proper cinnamon roll and cardamom roll! I passed by the bakery at NK in Stockholm and couldn't resist making lunch out of these. The chewiness of the dough, the amount of cardamom, and the layers and twirls were just perfect

A walk around the bay of Hovaneset