Our first day back in Sweden. Its amazing but the weather is hotter than England has been.
We had a lazy day getting to know the apartment, the immediate area and of course putting some washing on. Elin had very kindly pre-booked us a time slot in the laundry. These laundry arrangements are so civilized. I did some ironing and sorting of emails etc. before walking down town with Elin as she caught the train to work.
This is their very nice balcony which has movable glass panels on two sides. A lovely sun trap with Elin's colourful flower boxes.
The view from the balcony.
After walking down to the station with Elin, I had a quick look around. The town is older than where they lived before, in Hammarby, and therefore is a mixture of old and new buildings. There are many new blocks of apartments under construction. Also as it is a town it is quite busy and has a large mix of nationalities. Its always strange and daunting to come to a new area but very exciting finding our way around.
When Jim came home from work, we had a walk down into the town to do some shopping for provisions and we had our first introduction to ICA.
When Elin came home we had dinner and while sitting talking we noticed these hot air balloons sailing along. We were told that it was a regular event when the wind was in a certain direction.
Jim and Elin had a little conversation in Swedish and it became obvious that they were discussing something that we weren't meant to know about. A few minutes later we were presented with a dark blue box which contained a mini bottle of champagne and two very nice champagne flutes. This was a lovely surprise which was further enhanced by also finding an envelope inside containing two tickets for a hot air balloon flight in a weeks time. What a lovely surprise and welcome to Sweden!!
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