Jul i Sverige !

Well, November was a very gloomy month : only 17,5 hours of visible sun for the whole month, which is in average 35mn a day ...
But it was gloomy only in terms of weather ! The windows are lighting up with candles or lamps and it was the time of house warming and the nutcraker ballet, and especially cosy fika (goûters) with the typical jul godis !

But what are the typical jul godis we might wonder...
Well, first of all there is this absolutly delicious drink : glögg ! (sort of vin chaud, but can also be found alcoholfree)

and then the saffran buns, roasted almonds, ginger cookies (that are sometime eaten with bleu cheese paste !) delicious...

One of the 2 sunny november days ...

a roasted almond stand...

glögg and fika !

A day trip in Uppsala

In november last year, I visited the lovely town

of uppsala just 40 mn out of Stockholm with Anastasia

To note :

- the gigantic bike parking next to the train station : The story goes that if your bike gets stolen, you can always find it again there someday ...

- The amazing cathedral, where we had the chance to catch a very important religious event with many bishops, and bishops hats (Uppsala is the center of the lutherian church organization )

- The anatomic theater Gustavianum( read : dissection room) build in the 1660's by the professor Rudbeck

- The ugly square pink castle build in 1549 with its canons pointed direclty towards the cathedral : historically a symbol of power over the church

-The expo of Alfred Frigo, artist obsessed somehow by the number six ... and by being remembered : recorded all his dream for 6 years in a huge book (right picture), and took pictures of what he touched with his right hand for 6 something (left picture)... quite fun !

- and of course, by night