It’s apparently baby season. I was not feeling so hot today after my trip and all but I made it to Fandyland to shower the unborn baby with love and gifts.
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Stockholm
We crashed in my brothers hotel room and woke up to a cold but sunny Stockholm.
Had an epic Swedish hotel breakfast and spent the day being tourists walking around Stockholm.
Sergels torg, where every swede who didn’t grew up in Stockholm believes you can buy drugs.
The parliament
City Hall
The Royal Palace. I think they should deck it out a little more.
In Old Town, they warn you about, I don’t know… tourists or millennials, or both.
Rosenbad, where the Prime Minister has his office, and the Parliament from a different angle.
Last day here and I realized I’m on the Swedish money! Or at least the flower that I’m named after.
Surströmming
Started the day as per usual, with some skiing.
Ended the day as per usual in Veronica and Erik’s apartment.
Surströmming is a delicacy in Sweden, it’s fermented canned fish and is ranked one of the stinkiest foods in the world by the people who knows. I have never had it and nor have I had a desire to try it.
Asher really wanted to try it though so we bought a can.
We got a lucky as it turned out a friend really likes it and could show the best practices.
I didn’t have the guts to try it but it actually didn’t smell half as bad as I thought it would.
I was better off with vegetarian sushi wrapped in soy paper.
Björnrike
When you work at a ski shop, you are always in the need for another pair of skis!
I surprised my old boss by going for breakfast at his bakery. It took him a minute to recognize me but then he wouldn’t let me go and asked me to come back and work.
Skied all day with Johan in Björnrike today.
Vemdalen
Can’t go to Funäsdalen for a few weeks and not go visit Vemdalen, where it all started, kind of.
I have not been here in 10 years and a lot of things has changed. This was once a big parking lot, now it’s a full on village with hotels and restaurants!
Hovdegubben got a statue on top of Hovde, as he should!
Catching up with old friends, trying to convince them to shave.
Since there’s really no easy way to purchase alcohol from a store in Vemdalen, we brought Johan some beers as a thanks for letting us stay at his place!
Since it’s so cold out, we’ve got to start with hot chocolate & rum.
Here, they substitute the skateboard to the “kicks” in the winter.
Had dinner with my old boss and he reminded me that I was his boss once as well. It’s complicated.
Röros market
Oh good, it was only -17c when we woke up this morning, it’s starting to warm up!
We did a day to Røros in Norway today, it’s only a couple of hours away, on this awesome Scandinavian road.
Røros is pretty tiny, but really beautiful and they have an historic farmers market that spans over a few weeks in the winter.
You can buy all sorts of sausages and animal skin and hand made stuff!
We stayed a few hours, looked at people ate a bunch and froze our asses off before heading back to Funäs.
Crossing the border between Norway and Sweden is pretty hassle free, you barley notice it.
Stopped by Tänndalen on the way back for a few turns. Can’t go a day without skiing!
Tänndalen
Started the day with a couple of hours in the bakery. This bakery is actually pretty chill. I was used to start in the wee hours just past midnight, but here you can show up to work after 6am!
So the first day when we skied Funasfjallet, I was hating on this lazy lift operator that was listening to music through his headphones and seemed totally uninterested in helping us with the t-bar. I was bitching about the lazy youths to Asher all the way up in the lift.
The next day I saw him at after ski at the cafe and it turns out he was actually really nice, haha!
He showed us around the third mountain today, Tänndalen. It’s always so much more fun to ski with a local that knows the mountain.
Back to Edith for some afternoon baking.
There was a late night party at the Cafe, Chef Erik made an amazing meal and we got to sit by the kids table.
We still managed to fuck up the club later!
Asher said this was the best hot dog he had ever had at 2:15 am.
Ramundberget
I am stoked I am in Sweden in the middle of the semmel season, I get to eat one for breakfast!
Jumped in the car after breakfast and drove 20 minutes to Ramundberget. Why is it so cold in Sweden though?
The chefs made pizza for dinner. Amazing!
I’ve been in Sweden for how long now? And I’ve already had two pizzas and two semmels. I’m not sure how this gonna end…
Hemma hos Edith
Woke up bright and early and I had the privilege to help my friends out in their bakery before skiing.
The cafe is located just across the street from the ski lift. Super convenient, we could just walk over when we were ready to ski after breakfast.
The giant village of Funäsdalen!
Asher is getting ready for some epic turns, pretending he’s not cold at all.
It’s cold as hell and we’re slightly jet lagged so we headed back to the cafe for late lunch.
I used to be pretty damn good at baking, but it’s been a while. Veronica must have thought I did a good job in the morning thought cause I was allowed back in the afternoon.
Off to Sweden
Los Angeles is way to warm, we’re taking Slashberg to Sweden for a while.
