Sweden is freakin cold with a capital C. Was -30 this morning when I went out to ski at 9am. So cold they stopped the chairlifts at the main resort. The T-bars near us kept operating tho.
Yesterday Ben had a bit of a bust up in crèche while riding a round toboggan (like a plastic bin lid). Bashed his mouth & teeth and there was a lot of blood apparently but the passing medi ski-mobile checked him out and there was no real damage.
Our lessons are in a class of 6 and we are the only non Swedish speakers but everyone speaks perfect English so they do the class in English for us and it saves the instructor saying things twice.
Ben went on a disc pull lift for the 1st time today. Pretty scary to watch but after one tumble he got the gist. There are 5 in his class.
Just been to a tour of a huge igloo with lots of rooms and huge icy waterfall nearby topped off with waffles and hot chocolate. It cost us 850 kroner for the 3 of us ($130) but the tour operator made a loss since the taxi cost 500 kroner each way.
Saturday we're going dog sledding on a frozen lake which should be good. They are currently testing a bunch of European cars on the lake. Audis, BMWs, even Lamborginis.
The level on English signage is next to zero which makes some basic things a bit difficult as you can't even guess sometimes. Many of the words are completely different.
Swedish people are very polite and also quietly spoken. They aren't into all the latest trendiest snow clothes..it's not a fashion contest like it tends to be in other places.
We were warned that the cost of things was quite horrendous but we've found it reasonable enough. Had a huge pizza for 120 kroner which is about $18.50. Hot chocolate & a danish for about $5.20. Beer costs $7 or $8 a bottle in a bar or restaurant but I can buy a 6 pack of 500ml cans for between $12 &$14at the supermarket.
Hejdå & tack tack for reading this far :)
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