On Wednesday morning Jessie had an appointment with her chiropractor so I just pottered around the apartment & had a lovely skype date with Mum & then Nigel. Then I took the bus into town to meet her & along the way I got a very loud & humiliating telling off from a crazy lady sitting opposite me, who yelled at me in Swedish for several minutes (after having sat opposite me for about 10 minutes before then) before I could finally get a word in e...

On Thursday morning I woke to find Jessie & Anna out on the balcony, soaking up the sunshine. It was a beautiful morning & Jessie actually went & put her bikini top on while she ate her breakfast. I tried to find a spot on the corner of tiny balcony that was shaded by trees :P haha I spent the morning doing laundry (finally!!!) down in the swanky laundry room at Jessie's apartment, complete with a drying cupboard, which is the coolest thing I've eve...

After another great night's sleep (Swedish people really have a real talent for making comfy sofa beds!) I woke up to another grey day in Stockholm on Monday. Jessie has the week off work so I am lucky enough to have to pleasure of her lovely company all week! In the morning we went to the larger grocery store that is a bus ride away to get more food supplies for the week & so that I could stock up on underwear. In Jessie's apartment you have to book in in ...

Sunday I woke up to the sound of rain falling outside. It was lovely. I think I was much more excited about it than Jessie was :P I suppose it's kind of exotic for me, but not for the people of Sweden! Jessie said that actually the weather recently has been somewhat colder & rainier than Sweden would normally be this time of year, hence she is not very impressed! But it was kinda nice because we had no plans for the day except to take it easy & make our...

Forgot the damn tissues again!! When the alarm went off at 5:00AM this morning I peeled my puffy eyes open & couldn't really believe it was already time to get up. Nigel & I packed up, took a taxi to the nearby bus station & then I pretty much burst into a fountain of tears after that. I was the last one on the bus but the grumpy bus driver had no sympathy or time for long goodbyes. I walked through the bus full of people staring at me, sniffling &a...