back from the big city, pt. 2

here are some photos from the past few weeks that may or may not truly illustrate my goings on. the first ones are of an amazing day i spent with hilke and her host family, the lindberg-wikströms, at their cabin outside of jokkmokk.




lots of roasting stuff over a fire involved


hilke enjoying chocolate and sausage


i cross-country skiied for the first time!


drinking coffee with cabin neighbors across the lake we skiied to



lounging on reindeer skins in the snow, which, by the way, is one of the most relaxing things ever.


fun times!

these photos are of a protestant confirmation ceremony i attended at the big church here. different, of course, as a good amount of the people there were dressed in their nice sami clothes. afterwards i ate reindeer sandwiches and coffee with barbro, joachim and daniel åström's mom (joachim had been confirmed that day) and she invited me over later for waffles with cloudberry jam. awsome!


confirmed youngsters


waffles right off of the griddle


daniel demonstrating the perfect waffle

unfortunately, i forgot about daylight savings and couldn't hang out for very long...good thing i didn't miss my train.


murjek train station by night


th south of sweden the next morning. all the snow is gone, and everything is starting to look green and lovely


early morning passengers

and now, here are a few photos from stockholm!



hanging out on the harbor with elisabet, her pal and julian. afterwards, elisabet invited us over to her apartment and we made dinner and hung out some more. she also came over for cake and wine for my birthday!


a swan friend joins us


hanging out in gamla stan


bridges


the epic and mysterious city hall


stockholm street styles. everyone here was so stylish i felt a little like a toadstool. also, i was amazed at the number of young parents we saw everywhere. it seemed that everyone 25+ had at least a kid or two, but still managed to remain stylish and hip as ever


julian and i enjoying a dan graham piece at the moderna museet


scoping out the nikki de saint phalle sculpture garden


me on the day i got my swedish residency permit. the reason i needed this is so that i can stay in the schengen area longer. as a u.s. citizen, one can stay for three months maximum without a visa or a residence permit, but after that, in order to visit any of the schengen countries - norway, finland, iceland, denmark, etc - a residence permit is required. i went into the migration service offices, waited a few hours, and was able to get my permit the same day!

well, now i'm off to the ajtte library to renew a book and then head home to bed to try to get rid of this cold. my head feels crazy and i'm a little out of it, so i'll have to post more photos/thoughts later if i've forgotten any (likely). hej do!