Solo in Sweden

Christmas market in Copenhagen. Mulled wine here has raisins and nuts in it,

which was unexpected but delicious.

This year I am spending Christmas in Malmö, where my cousins live. The plan was that I would arrive as soon as my classes ended, several days before my cousins´family actually returned from their trip abroad, then they would join me a few days later. This would give me a few days of peace and quiet in their lovely suburban home, and I could also act as a cat sitter. Due to various errors and misfortunes, however, my cousin's family is arriving two days later than planned, so we will only have two and a half days together before I return to Spain. As a result, this has turned into a mostly solo vacation - not quite what I planned, but Sweden is absolutely lovely and we all know I can't get enough of cold weather, so I am not complaining. Plus, today they are returning home, so I know that we´ll cram lots of holiday fun in the next few days.

One of my daily duties is proof of life photos of the cats.

Above all, I have found the Christmas decorations here extremely tasteful - almost all white lights and cut paper stars shining in windows. This is very different than Spain´s perspetive, where it seems impossible to have too many colors at the same time, preferably flashing.

I know three words in Swedish: hej (hello), tack (thanks) and fika
(a traditional coffee break, often with buns). I am fika-ing as much as possible here. 

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(Sorry, no Spanish today but it´ll be back soon.)