Now we have winter here in Pampas Marina in Solna. Well, not just here of course, but this is where we notice it the most. In the central parts of Stockholm, the cars and houses melt the snow to some extent, but here, here it is white and beautiful.
Winter at last
We like winter and snow. At least I, Helena, do. Peter is perhaps a little more difficult to flirt with, but if the sun is shining and the snow is white, then he probably melts too. Zero degrees and wind on the other hand, huh so terrible! Right now the snow is still on the ground in Stockholm. With us, in Pampas Marina in Solnathere is no problem. In the most central parts of the city it melts faster, because of all the houses, cars and people.
View from the houseboat
The top picture in this post was taken from the kitchen window of the houseboat the day before yesterday morning. I got up to make breakfast and was greeted by ... that. I couldn't resist taking the picture. The picture is taken straight through the kitchen window. Minutes later, one of the marina's boats pulled up.
The walking route to work
If you follow our blog, you know that I (Helena) walk to work every day, and that Peter usually walks with me. The road goes past Karlbergssjön and is quite nice, and right now it is even nicer than usual. Here are some pictures from the first part of the walk.
Do you have snow where you live now? Do you like snow, or are you a pure "summer person"?
Inga Magnusson says:
You live so nicely on the boat! It is nice even in winter, which is otherwise not so nice in the city. Have a Merry Christmas!
19 December 2018 - 7:12
Helena says:
It's harder to get snow in the city, although it happens sometimes 😉 Merry Christmas!
19 December 2018 - 14:32
Ninny says:
Oh, how beautiful with snow! We have also got some snow, just a thin blanket, but today it is unfortunately plus degrees. Thaw and slush... But the winter is not over yet, so there will be more snow in the future, I guess. I do not like this time of year, mostly because it is so dark. I think it is very hard and heavy with the darkness. I don't like freezing either. So, no, winter is not my favourite, although of course I think it is incredibly beautiful if there is snow and blue sky 😉.
19 December 2018 - 7:22
Helena says:
Sad with thaw and slush, but it is included 😉 The darkness is hard, I agree. But the snow lights up a bit I think!
19 December 2018 - 14:33
Marina says:
Lovely to live with that view.
I like snow and I am almost like a child when the snow comes. It is so beautiful.
Nice pictures!
19 December 2018 - 7:44
Helena says:
I'm like you, snow is nice.
19 December 2018 - 17:20
Marita Carlsson says:
Beautiful pictures. For me it can be snow as long as it is between 5-10 degrees below zero. Right now we have some snow. We live in the southern Swedish highlands so there can be quite a lot of snow here. I liked the winters of 09-10 and 10-11 when the snow came and then it stayed. Do not remember which one but one of them we had around 80 cm of snow. It was also quite cold. Such winters are wonderful, clean and nice, easier to dress without freezing immediately, the roads are dry and not so slippery. Yes, of course I like winter. I think that every season has its charm.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas????
19 December 2018 - 7:59
Helena says:
I agree, of course you want the snow to stay! Cold and dry is usually more pleasant than semi-cold and damp 😉.
19 December 2018 - 17:21
Emma, sun like sun? says:
It's really a beautiful route you have on your walk to work, Helena!
Erm, no we haven't got snow. Would be a bit surprised if we did. But there was actually snow up on the mountain behind us a few years ago so ... Not to mention in Torrevieja. But it's almost 50 kilometres there.
I like winter, I like snow and I don't mind shovelling it if it's not too much. To shovel 250 square metres (the driveway and parking lot of the house where we lived in Sweden) by hand is no mean feat. But it is certainly cosy when it is -5 and the snowflakes are slowly falling.
The problem is that it's not like that all the time in winter, any more than it's 25 degrees and bright sunshine in summer.
19 December 2018 - 8:01
Helena says:
Yes haha, understand that you will be a little surprised if you get snow 😉 But you have the mountains 🙂 And of course, it is not like this all winter ...
19 December 2018 - 17:23
Role o Carina says:
Nice on cards, but we are no longer snow lovers nowadays! 🙂
Have skied so much in younger years so it is enough and will be over!
Now we like more summer and lovely car journeys 🙂 .
We have about 1 dm of snow here, so it will probably be a white Christmas.
Take care and enjoy.....
19 December 2018 - 8:20
Helena says:
Summer and campervan trips are not bad either 🙂 Have fun!
19 December 2018 - 17:24
Anette says:
I like snow, at least for a few months. It's so much brighter and it's needed. Today we have plus degrees so the snow is threatened but maybe it will change and Christmas will be white.
You have a nice walking route to work.
19 December 2018 - 8:45
Helena says:
I like that it gets brighter with the snow! 🙂
19 December 2018 - 17:24
Ama de casa says:
Incredibly beautiful pictures! Understand that it became "photo compulsion" when you got to see that view 🙂 .
I like snow and winter, but I prefer to visit it on my own terms. That is, to go skiing once or twice a year. Otherwise, I'm perfectly happy enjoying the winter in pictures 🙂 .
And no. We haven't had any snow here. Not yet anyway, but who knows? Maybe something white will fall here in the future too - it has happened before 😀.
19 December 2018 - 9:12
Helena says:
It's good to be able to choose and go to the snow when you want it!
19 December 2018 - 17:25
Maria's Memoirs says:
Snow is beautiful, especially when it is cold enough to give it a frosty and sparkling surface. But I hate winter weather when driving a car... In the end, I'm a summer person anyway?
19 December 2018 - 9:23
Helena says:
Good with seasons so you get variety 🙂
19 December 2018 - 17:26
Solan says:
Real Christmas cards!
White is beautiful and lightens the room. Rimfrost is also great!
BUT when the snow turns grey and dull in the city....mjää ?
? So we roll on in southern Spain and content ourselves with evocative images from Freedom...
19 December 2018 - 9:32
Helena says:
The slush is no fun, agree ... Wishing you a nice roll! 🙂
19 December 2018 - 17:27
Mr Nils-Åke Hansson says:
No snow in Ödåkra (Helsingborg)
Nice pictures you presented
19 December 2018 - 9:33
Helena says:
Glad you like the pictures! 🙂
19 December 2018 - 17:27
Snows says:
How beautiful you live, and it's not made worse by the fact that it's winter. I prefer not to have snow in my house but I like to see it in pictures.
19 December 2018 - 11:26
Helena says:
We are happy to offer the pictures then 🙂
19 December 2018 - 17:28
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
Such beautiful pictures and what a lovely morning walk you get. It is certainly useful for both body and soul.
We actually like all our seasons if there is snow and a few degrees cold in winter, high clear air and yellow leaves in autumn, etc.
19 December 2018 - 12:11
Helena says:
Surely it is wonderful with different seasons! And yes, the walk is nice and good in every way 🙂 .
19 December 2018 - 17:39
Ditte says:
Very nice pictures! Ohc lovely view. Of course it is nice with the snow and it really lights up. Living by the water is a great feeling and we enjoy our view daily. Even here the snow is white.
The walk past Karlberg towards the city is so nice. A good way to start the morning is to walk along the water. I was just here, in the park and at Karlberg Castle the other day (I lived there for a while as a child).
19 December 2018 - 14:17
Helena says:
It's beautiful by the water, especially at this time of year. Have fun Ditte!
19 December 2018 - 17:40
Mr Steve says:
It's a wonderful start to the days you have. Here at Getingstorp we are also looking forward to a beautiful white Christmas.
19 December 2018 - 14:27
Helena says:
I understand that it is nice at Getingstorp in snow! Have fun!
19 December 2018 - 17:40
Matts Torebring says:
I'm sure you're a bit unstable, but you have a beautiful home. Merry Christmas
19 December 2018 - 18:00
Helena says:
Thank you very much! Wishing you a great Christmas!
19 December 2018 - 18:39
Stina says:
Hey, it's beautiful.
Living as you do is luxurious and looks fantastic in every way.
Courtesy of Stinaz Travel and Swethaiparadise
19 December 2018 - 18:22
Helena says:
This view is luxury, we think! Have fun!
19 December 2018 - 18:40
marina says:
I like winter and snow to a certain extent and then it should be winter and snow! Not that central Swedish stuff that we usually have. Then it can be completely different! But if I get to choose, it will definitely be summer and heat. By the way, you actually have more snow than us right now.
19 December 2018 - 20:51
Johanna in Skåne says:
How nice! Here it is dark and around 0 degrees... I just checked the forecast for Christmas Eve, 1-4 degrees and. 5 mm of rain. Like when it is bright so summer or white winter is best ?
19 December 2018 - 21:02
BP says:
I am an absolutely pure summer person, but like to look at "untouched" winter nature on the computer or from inside an apartment where it is 22 degrees. Our courtyard is one such example, where it's nice and white. But at the time of writing it's three degrees plus and raining, so the street is not pristine anymore, so to speak.
Your walking route to work is almost as nice in winter as in summer.
19 December 2018 - 21:45
Lena - good for the soul says:
You live so beautifully! Even though it is in the city, it is so idyllic there. There has been quite a lot of snow here, but yesterday it rained...
Hug Lena
20 December 2018 - 6:20
Across the board says:
How cold it looks! I am definitely a summer person!
20 December 2018 - 21:04