sweden is a beautiful country! i knew it already but i was surprised by its beauty none the less. i wish i had photos to show you of the rocky landscape, blooming trees, forest streams and charming wood houses but i hardy took any pictures on our bicycle trip because of the simple fact that my camera was stored away a little to well in my bicycle bag.

a lesson learned till next time. hope you had a lovely weekend!

NE and vilja

i have been for a short trip to lund this weekend - with NE, brinja, anders and their little girl vilja. boy is she cute! it was a bit of a last minute decision to go there and we had a great time, staying at lund’s train hostel enjoying the cosy atmosphere in the city and grilling food in the evening.

i got a surprise in the mail today and a great one! i’ll show you tomorrow.

here are just a few more photos from lund and from the train journey going to lund. i like the one of NE holding his coffee cup in the air suspended while eagerly rephrasing a news article or something like that. tomorrow we are going to the small danish island called samsø to visit his father and stepmother who have a house there. i’m really looking forward!

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- gracia: thank you gracia! happy to know you liked the train and autumn photos!
- kristi: yeah, a nice place and great to try something different! i definately recommend the train hostel
- lorenza: i enjoy that as well! discovering places you wouldn’t otherwise have known about! i must read that agatha christie murder mystery
- lola: thanks!
- lotte: hej lotte, alt vel her tak : ) du har helt ret mht. toget - det oser af hercule poirot : ) næ der skete ikke noget bemærkelsesværdigt…
- hanna: cool, i look forward to meeting you for a fika at “din nye ven”!
- ulrika, peggy and epe: thanks girls!
- anna: thank you anna! glad you like ‘em and i agree those two photos really look like fall
- mette / ungt blod: me too, you can really feel that it’s a university city!
- ai: thank you ai, happy to know you liked the grey post : ) actually NE and i talked about whether it felt like being in a foreign country and it really did! well of course it feels familiar as well becuase sweden is similar to denmark but it did feel like we were in another country and on holiday!

pictures from the old and stylish train/hostel we stayed in. so neat with these really small compartments where every inch is used in the best possible way.

more photos from our small trip to lund, these ones came out in much warmer tones as the sun started shining in the afternoon. we stayed at a rather special place called “tåget” / “the train” which was an old night train parked at a track by the train station and now functioning as hostel. i’ll show you photos from the train later today!

by the way, i’m sorry none of these photos really say that much about lund, but my photos of the traditional cobblestone streets with sweet brick houses and from the cathedral didn’t turn out so well…so i’ve only got fragments of lund to show.

have a great wednesday folks!

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- anairam:
thanks anairam : ) i agree on the leaves thing, the ultimate autumn/winter image that makes you want to drink hot tea and wear wolly scarfs - spot on!
- sekimachihato: actually these houses were not typical of lund. most of the houses were old brick houses in cosy cobblestone streets, but all my photos from the old part of lund didn’t turn out well. but i agree these are some rather neat modern houses.
- lorenza: thanks! i kind of like the white bike as well : ) it was a surprise to me that the bikes in lund look a lot different from the ones in denmark, more retro and 80s like. very nice bikes!
- sigga: tak sigga, glad for at høre du kunne li’ de grå billeder!
- nathalie: thank you nathalie. i really like muted tones/grey light as well sometimes, creates a whole different atmosphere.

hello everybody! we came home yesterday afternoon from a great trip to lund. a very short holiday (24 hours basically) : ) but we had a good time!

lund is such a charming university city. i’m coming back for sure. the weather was dim and grey when we got there - resulting in greyish photos, but some of them with nice muted tones. later the sun came out and the photo conditions changed dramatically. i’ll show you some of the more colorful and sunny ones tomorrow!

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- ai: thanks ai, we had a very nice trip to lund. fun story about those two you met in louisiana and yes i do feel silly carrying around to slrs : ). more than once i asked myself why i brought two with me as the yashica is really heavy. but then again, it was nice to have both options at hand.
- esti: hello esti : ) the weather is so unpredictable here these days, but you are right being in a beautiful botanical garden, grey skies look good as well
- julochka: thanks, these are my favorite shoes at the moment…i don’t have that many shoes and when i have a favorite pair i tend to wear them ALL the time : ) saw your photos from legoland - it looked cosy! i remember legoland being so exiting as a child, “gold” washing being the favorite activity. hehe
- kristina: thanks! glad you like the botanical garden photos. i would have loved to meet for a coffee in lund! must do that next time, when hopefully i will know where we are going a little bit sooner : ) i hope you have recovered from the cold!
- sigga: tak, skal du ha, det var en rigtig god tur!
- anna: thanks anna!
- lotte: ja, botanisk have er sådan et fint sted! forstår heller ikke, hvorfor jeg ikke kommer der oftere! mht. specialefejringen - ja det er skægt når brinja og jeg krydsblogger om den samme begivenhed - men fra forskellige vinkler. : )
- epe: thank you epe, i did have a great time in sweden
- lorenza: me too, old greenhouses are so beautiful! hope you had a great weekend as well!
- ida: tak! og ja, fedt bare at kunne tage afsted på en lille tur!
- trinsch: ja, jeg så billederne, det så så hyggeligt ud med jeres tur i botanisk have : ) i denne omgang var jeg ikke i væksthusene, da de var lukkede, men enig, palmehuset er meget imponerende!
- sandra: hey, would have loved to meet you for fika in gothenburg! gothenburg is on my “must visit at some point” list, maybe we can have a coffee then.
- hanna: oh you are going to copenhagen…funnily enough i can’t think of any favorite cafes or shops right now : ) i’ll write a comment on your blog later when my memory is back!
- máni: yeah it’s so calm and relaxing in these gardens! it would be fun to visit the berlin one together!
- nathalie, chelsea and paula: thank you girls!
- line: thanks for your comment line and sweet words - hope your weekend was great also!
- rynke: yeah you must GO THERE : )
- trinsch: hey me too, i haven’t had much time for reading blogs and i’m only just catching up these days. happy to know you liked the previous posts about busdrivers and light switches etc. : )