I know we’ve been back for a few days and I still haven’t written my summary on Sweden.
We all managed to get various colds and bugs and that coupled with a return to reality with a bump, means that I just haven’t sat down to properly write yet.
We left on Wed 27th March and as at Christmas we flew from Birmingham and everything worked very smoothly. Vera even slept for a bit on the first flight to Stockholm.
It was a bit of a rush to get to the domestic terminal as it was a busy travelling day and a long queue at security, but so lovely to finally land at Frösön and see morfar Jean!
Vera was a little bit shy for the first few minutes but from thereon it was all mormor and morfar!
We spent Thursday playing cousins Åke and Folke and auntie Catrine who we’d missed so much since we saw them last. As Vera was fighting germs, she was quite tired, but managed a few runs with the sled.
On Good Friday we went to Frösö Skidlek, an outdoor activity area aimed at kids (big and small) and the whole family, including Magnus, enjoyed the slopes, the sun and the snow!
Saturday morning, Vera and I met lots of dear friends and their children on the ice next to Badhusparken in Östersund
http://www.vinterparken.se/parser.php?did=1:1 complete with sun loungers on the ice!
A few precious moments catching up with friends from near and far who we see far too seldom.
On Saturday afternoon we also enjoyed a traditional Swedish Easter spread, the cousins got dressed up as traditional påskärringar, and got to feast on Easter sweets! The latter which Vera helpfully took from the sweet bowl and passed to Åke.
It was such a joy to see the three of them play so well together. Vera nearly self combusted when she heard them arriving and was jumping up and down with excitement. They were doing lots of dancing together and jumping on mormor and morfars bed. Vera’s Swedish has also picked up when she’s been more exposed to it and she is talking a lot about mormor and morfar and Åke and Folke. She even walked around looking for them once we arrived back home L
On Sunday we went for a walk with Charlotte, Roger and Axel (who is a few months older than Vera) as well as another dear friend Anna, with her beautiful family Cory, Freya, Denali and baby Amaya!
Once in from the cold the children were painted eggs, another Easter tradition that I grew up with.
Monday saw more illness in the clan and Mark, mormor Gunnel as well as Catrine and the boys having to decline an invite to Anna’s parents Alice and Lennart’s house for fika (coffee and cakes). It was so lovely to see them all again.
Alice is a great baker and had prepared a mountain of goodies for us to enjoy!
Our last day in Sweden, Mark and I went into town for some shopping and then had the added bonus to see Anna and the children again for another fika – such a great institution!
We had fun catching up and checking out the escalators with Denali.
As always, a week goes too quickly and it was tears when we had to leave our loved ones – sister Catrine & family and my mum and dad.
But we’re lucky to have family and friends to visit and just need to be better at skyping so we can see each other and keep up the Swedish.
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