almost free fika

 

For my first free day in ages, I went to the biggest IKEA in Sweden to help a friend pick out curtains. As it is Sport Break in schools, this was the special. Hot chocolate with whipped cream and a big marshmallow and a cinnamon roll for 5 kronor! That's 76 cents or 48 pence. Better than that, both were delicious.

For the birds

First snow

Flowers

at Arlanda

Green and more green

Currently all of my time is being spent all over the greater Stockholm area looking at plants, and learning their Latin names once I am home. All time for blogging is gone but I do manage to tweet now and again (see right) on the commute.

Lunch for two

On my plate: Fried Louisiana shrimp, sweet potato fries and mashed cauliflower.

On the other plate: a medium steak, cheddar mashed potatoes and pureed spaghetti squash.