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Arrived here on Saturday. Lenny has been a most excellent host! He has shown me round the city and his local neighbourhood. Some of the images from Lenny's posts have come to life now: the courtyards near his apartment block and the nearby tree planted in memory of the eight year old boy who died of cancer.
Lenny lives about three or four miles out of town and yesterday he took me on a beautiful three hour walk from where he lives which went through forests and round lakes. It snowed here on Thursday and the countryside is still white and crisp. The temperature is still below zero and I was grateful for the gloves and woolly hat I remembered to pack. The lakes are partially iced over and we were able to stand on the ice at the edge. Just one step though because the ice isn´t very thick. Lenny hurled a small boulder and it went crashing through the thin ice a few feet further out.
After a short while we came to a ski slope. It was not in use yet though - not enough snow. But we walked to the top where there was a wonderful panoramic view of the city.
Afterwards we went back into town and saw the new James Bond movie and then found an Irish pub where I couldn´t resist ordering half a pint of Guinness!
This morning we´re off to do more sightseeing. I´m writing this at Lenny´s computer, listening to some nice classical music. The computer has a slightly bigger keyboard than I´m used to with some extra keys with strange letters: åäö. On the shelf above me are some scary looking monsters from science fiction. Lenny is seriously into sci-fi and computer games!
Gotta go now. Back outside into the snow! Suddenly it feels that Christmas is nearly here.
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Postcard from Sweden
By: nick on Mon, 09 December 2002 10:42 |
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Re: Postcard from Sweden
By: trevor on Mon, 09 December 2002 15:42 |
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Hey Guys !
By: smith on Tue, 10 December 2002 02:34 |
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Re: Postcard from Sweden
By: mt on Tue, 10 December 2002 10:30 |
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Sorry, MT... I know I owe you an email.
By: lenny on Tue, 10 December 2002 18:05 |
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Take your time buddy!
By: mt on Wed, 11 December 2002 09:10 |
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I saw Nick off at the station about one hour ago...
By: lenny on Tue, 10 December 2002 21:46 |
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I REALLY enjoyed my stay!
By: nick on Wed, 11 December 2002 03:18 |
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Fun in Sweden
By: Darren on Wed, 11 December 2002 21:23 |
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Fish
By: nick on Thu, 12 December 2002 00:04 |
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...But no chips!
By: lenny on Thu, 12 December 2002 01:06 |
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Oh yes, the coffee maker - oops!
By: nick on Thu, 12 December 2002 01:20 |
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Got it right in the end
By: e on Thu, 12 December 2002 06:45 |
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Way too cool
By: e on Thu, 12 December 2002 06:44 |
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