Marrying the proper way
We just got news that friends of friends are getting married in the Winter.
She's local, meaning from Småland, he's from up North, some remote small town up in Norrbotten.
Of course this is enough to qualify him as kind of weird, or different, or 'else', when it gets down to chitchatting in front of a cup of coffee. It's definitely a small world if we talk stereotypes. Anyway, Per-Herik, or Pelle as the nicknaming goes, seems to be an amazing nice guy, as we never hear about him. In Swedish-speak, this is actually a sign that he's awesome. Nothing bad to say.
Deteriorating conditions
From The Local (http://www.thelocal.se/):
Authorities also feared for the life of a third man whose girlfriend reported him missing in the waters around Stockholm.
He eventually returned home in good health after a secret trip to Spain, though his condition may have deteriorated after his girlfriend got her hands on him.
Rugs
Circles of women, all of them black-dressed, all of them wrapped-up in veils. Chatting and smoking and drinking from huge thermos. All at the same time.
It's a hot day, rugs and tapestries have been taken out to breath some fresh air. An ordered line over the wooden frames that encircle the benches and tables, they start out persian and kilim and end up ikean, in the traditional swedish striping.
Syncretism is a major step towards integration, it seems.
Motorcycle hit by flying elk
From The Local (www.thelocal.se):
An unusual traffic accident occurred on the E18 highway between Årjäng and Töcksfors in western Sweden late Thursday night when a motorcycle collided with an airborne elk.
A man and a woman in their twenties were riding the motorcycle at the time, following a long-haul truck.
Suddenly an elk rushed out into the road and the truck driver slammed on the brakes.
Off to camp
Daughter is off to riding camp today.
When school is out, and before vacation really kicks in for all in July, parents included, June offers a couple of weeks which are the kingdom of King Camp and Queen Activity. Swimming, orienteering, riding, playing, and generally staying outdoors 24/7. Kids from all over the country are set free in the wild. Daughter is off to one of these camps, petting kitties, riding horses, and enjoying life on a farm with other kids for a week.
