Chilled Wednesday

I got the day off work today as I kindly agreed to stay overtime yesterday. I slept until I woke up, started the day doing some washing, sipping Southern Comfort and playing guitar waiting for the machine to finish. As the machine took ages I decided to watch Trainspotting in bed and then went down to meet up with Tony. All in all it's been a really layed back day, and I quite enjoyed it. I decided this had to be a quiet week (cause last week surely wasn't), declined the open mic night at the pub and I'm now back home, tea awaiting. Looking forward to holiday starting next week.

All Love

Crayfish Party

It is Monday morning, and I should really start getting ready for work. We have had an amazing weekend, and are just so grateful for all our wonderful friends. Saturday morning we started preparing for the crafish party, making cheese quiches, smörgåstårta (sandwich-cake), chocolate balls and defrosting the crayfish. Then I went into town to buy shot glasses and veggies, grabbing the opportunity to check out the block party on Nelson street where graffiti artists from around the world had been working on the previously dull buildings.

At 7pm the party started, the crayfish ever so juicy and the drinking songs (helan går) ever so loud. There were lanterns, hats, napkins and snaps. We had such a lovely time, and I think both me and Maria wanted to wrap up all our friends in a ginormous hug! As we were heading towards midnight we took the party into town and went swinging our legs on the dancefloors. We got back in around 4.30 in the morning, and I didn't get out of bed until 13:40pm on Sunday. Then I joined the rest of the crew out in the sunny garden, was served a full English breakfast and relaxed before the cleaning began...

(My room on first floor facing garden)

Jim and Maria the morning after

All Love

August Update

It's busy times. Most of the furniture is now in place and it's a matter of getting the last bits unpacked. It's taken us a long time, and we're happy to finally see some progress. The weekend coming up we are hosting a crayfish party at our house. Thanks to IKEA we're able to celebrate this amazing Swedish tradition with both crayfish and snaps! Ojojoj. I don't know how many of you have heard about the riots in London, but we have had some here in Bristol as well. Easton suddenly appears as a very quiet neighbourhood, I guess there aren't that many shops worth to rob around here. Saying that, I'm happy not to be kept awake by helicopters at night.

All Love