Style in Sweden

Does anybody remember the Sex and the City episode “Sex and the Country”? Carrie and her boyfriend Aidan spend some days in his summerhouse outside New York in the countryside and she behaves like an idiot in every respect. She is afraid of the animals, hates the mosquitoes and her fingers are all thumbs.

When I saw the episode first I thought that Carrie’s behaviour was extremely embarrassing and exaggerated. I changed my mind.

My boyfriend and me went to his hometown close to Borlänge in Darlana to celebrate Midsommar. Tomorrow we continue the journey. Next stop Funäsdalen, Norrland.

Since he told me that all my shoes that I usually wear would be totally inappropriate in Norrland I bought my first rubber boots at Skopunkt for 200 crowns. I think they look totally ridiculous but I understand that high heels or Ballerinas are maybe not the best shoes here in the countryside with all mud and insects.

My new rubber boots. Beautiful, isn't it?

However, when we celebrated Midsommar I wore a skirt and some Ballerinas shoes instead of jeans and rubber boots because I thought it would be too ridiculous. Big mistake!!!

I have now about 10 mosquito bites on my legs. Since I grew up in an urban area I’m really not used to so many and aggressive mosquitoes. The result is that every bite is now about 10cm big and I look like I have the plague. Thank God that the Middle Ages are over!  Otherwise, people would try to kill me because they would think that I had a horribly contagious illness.

I’m actually afraid of the trip to Norrland. What if mosquitoes bite me in my neck and I can’t breath? Aaah help!

I bought some sprays and creams against mosquitoes but my boyfriend means that they won’t help that much. I hope my new rubber boots will at least save my legs. I don’t want to sit with wet towels on the sofa (like I do at the moment) every night to cool my burning and horribly itchy mosquito bites.

By the way, I won’t have internet access in Norrland so I can’t write blog entries for a week. But I’m sure I can tell some funny stories when I’m back…

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