It has become quite cold now! Last night it was two degrees below zero. Good thing you live in a warm motorhome ... right? Yes, the motorhome is really warm as long as the gas heater is on, but when the gas runs out it gets very cold. A little untrained to not check how much LPG you have left in the tube ...
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Today there has been snow chaos in Stockholm traffic, and both cars and rail traffic have had major problems due to the snow storm. SMHI has issued a class 2 warning in the county, most flights have been cancelled and SL has on its website urged customers to avoid travelling by commuter train.
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Bellmanstafetten is Sweden's largest relay race and takes place over two days in Stockholm, today and Saturday. Today there were over 2000 teams running, including my colleagues. This was a real party, and we even got to see a rainbow.
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The cold and darkness has just arrived and (from bitter experience) you know that it will stay for a while. More and more conversations on the internet are starting to appear in the form of "I want to go away for a week in January. Where should I go to get sun and warmth without having to travel so far?". Well, that's such a semi-impossible equation (given that we live bizarrely far north). Here are some suggestions from us. What are your best tips?
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This weekend there was rain and crayfish in Vaxholm. Saturday offered persistent pouring rain. There was no sun and swimming or strolling in town. Instead, we hung out at the campsite all day... We thought it would be pretty boring, but it turned out that we would meet really nice Dutch campsite neighbours!
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It's not surprising that people are longing for sun and warmth now. But finding holidays that meet Swedes' requirements for a week in the sun is more difficult: "Not too long to travel, not too expensive and warm enough to sunbathe and swim". You only have to look at a map to understand the problem. Europe is too cold. Asia and South America are too far away. That leaves North Africa or the Middle East.
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The weather here in Italy is completely unpredictable! When we woke up this morning, the sun was shining and we went as planned to Linate airport in Milan to pick up Billie's cousin Pontus. Later there was a storm with hail ...
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