I am sure those of you who are living in here in Umeå that last week we had the most glorious weather one could wish for this early in June. The temperatures were well over 30°C for most of the days and that was in the shade! One thing that I love about Umeå is [...]
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Mr & Mrs Von Snow
Last weekend as those of you who live in Umeå I am sure noticed we had a LOT of wet, heavy snow. Mainly snow like this is a pain, it makes manoeuvring hard, walking heaving, digging your car out nigh on impossible (trust me we nearly broke our backs trying to get our car out of our [...]
Days are getting shorter!
If you are living in Umeå at the moment then you will have no doubt noticed how short the days are here. If you are not then to give you an idea, for the last few days the sun has risen at 8.30am and set again at 2.30pm! So not many daylight hours to [...]
Snow Fun!
Last Friday if you were in the Umeå area you will have noticed a reasonable snow fall – I say reasonable as I have been living here for two years now and while the 4 or 5 inches of snow that we got would have been HUGE amounts in the UK, here it is barely worthy of [...]
First snow – already!!
This morning I was awoken to expressions of utmost surprise from S, I stumbled out of bed to see what the commotion was and found that snowflakes bigger than my head were falling on the crisp white ground outside! It has been said that we are in the for worst winter in 1000 years and [...]
Swedish Autumn (Höst)
I have been meaning to write for a week or so now about the changing of the seasons, the amazing colours of the leaves but what I failed to take into account was blink and you will miss the autumn season here in Umeå! Today the first snow has fallen which, in my mind, takes [...]
A place in the country…
In Sweden it is very popular for families to have a cottage in the countryside as a weekend retreat (sommarstuga) – whether it be near a lake, a river, in the mountains, forests or just in the middle of nowhere depends on the desires of the family I guess. My Swedish family owns some land [...]
Sunburn
OUCH!! Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Umeå so S and I took ourselves to Nydala to soak up some sun. There was just enough of a breeze to keep us slightly chilled which is of course the most dangerous type of sunbathing. So after a few hours crisping with a quick dip and [...]
A pot of gold…
Umeå never fails to surprise me, there is always something new to learn and fascinating things to keep me thrilled about the area in which I find myself living. Most recently this occurred at 11pm last night when I took the dog out for her evening trot. I was doing my usual evening route when I turned [...]
Mosquito invasion
If you have not yet spent a summer in the northern parts of Sweden then be assured there is one resident who will welcome you with very open arms…the mosquitoes – they LOVE new foreign blood! The first summer I spent here my feet were quite badly attacked and my legs but it was pretty [...]