Last year when I arrived in October winter had arrived suddenly early. As I look at the temperature it is -0.5c
Soon the snow will arrive and again we will see a winter like no other. But today walking around the local park I got to see some lovely autumnal scenery so I thought I would share with you. Autumn in Sweden is beautiful!
I looked at the calendar today and realised that, in four weeks time, I would have been in Sweden for one year. I don’t know where the time has gone as the old saying goes ” Time flies when you’re having fun”.
When I arrived in 2010 the temperature was already cold, and I thought back to my first visit to where I live now and I remember September to be, like it is now, very sunny.
Last winter was unusually cold, even by Sweden standards people say that it was a particularly cold winter. I was not expecting too much in the way of summer, but I saw a different side of Sweden. People seemed in a happy mood, it seemed everyone was having fun.
I think that Sweden is much like the UK where four seasons have merged into three. I can’t remember the last time that the UK had a decent summer, and this summer was the coldest on record since 1992. I didn’t find the winter too cold, maybe that’s because I have had some tough cold winters in my life. What did surprise me was that the snow was always gentle, and it snowed for months!
So I look outside the window I see the leaves are changing into autumn colours. It is like a sea of green has been burnt, the leaves have been scorched into a rainbow of burgundy, red, and purple.
The cold winter of last year has been predicted again for 2011, and I hope that in the next eight weeks, I get to see the autumn site Sweden. I hear it’s the most beautiful season for scenery.
Finally, I apologise for being a bit lax in updating this blog but there are many things going on in my life right now that keeping me extremely busy. I have a new book being published in October and I am extremely busy writing a script. However, many people have emailed me saying how much they liked this blog and how much it has helped them with thinking about moving to Sweden.
I am not going to say that he’s been an easy ride because it hasn’t. It has been one ups and downs, but one thing I can say is that it will be a journey that will go on and it is a journey that will be documented fully.
So thank you for reading so far and I hope that this blog has helped some people make a decision about moving to Sweden, if not then I think you enjoy reading!
Well that taught me a lesson.
It’s been four weeks today since I moved to Sweden and when I was back in London and I had a wonderful method of sorting out all of my items. The list was simple
Summer
Winter
Easy!
Now my winter choice were the clothes I have been wearing for the past two weeks, I was stupid enough to think that these winter clothes would suffice during a Swedish winter, oh how wrong was I?
The past few days has seen more snowfall than the entire winter in the UK for several years. I am lucky enough to have a pair of waterproof boots with me but my real winter boots are still at home, along with my winter jackets, my thick jumpers and anything else that I did not have the foresight to bring with me. What was I thinking?
Swedish winters are harsh, I’ve been through two before but never for a sustainable period of time, I was going to bring over three 30kg boxes of clothes and then have a sort out but I think I am just going to have one box shipped over now and immediately have all of my winter clothing in their! If I were to purchase what I left behind in the UK I would be looking at around a 6000 SKR H&M Bill this weekend, so it will cost around £80 for a 30kg box (anyone looking at moving stuff over I researched around 20 companies and found a great one to use, pm me or leave a comment for details)
So this is autumn or Fall if you’re from the States, its -8 and it’s snowing. Will be really interesting to see what winter has in stall for me!
