Gripsholm, Eriksberg woods, first trip to Eriksberg









A sunny late fall day.



I took a nice walk in the woods near Flogsta. After the first sticking snow.




The long 3 pm shadows...


First trip to the Flogsta woods

Uppsala Lights














This is one example of the lighting schemes on one of these buildings (university building again). You can see how it changes. Also,me pretending to understand the question that a random Swedish man asked me and then backtracking, explaining that I hadn't understood in the first place, and continuing what can only be termed a "smile and nod" conversations about the lights around Uppsala.

Frolicking in the first snow!


Gamla Uppsala









Today also Mikael and I took another long walk, as it was beautiful weather and, the days being so short now, one really feels pressure to soak up the sun whenever it decides to rear its head. This time we walked to Gamla Uppsala - the first snow here was still on the ground in patches, resting on top of the grass. Went inside the church for the first time. Things got chilly on the way home, roughly a distance of five kilometers, but we stopped at Luthagens because Mika had to get some food and we ended up buying some low-alcohol Glogg, went home and savored the heated glogg with a bit of vodka, raisins and peperkakor.

Halloween Party

Tonight was Alla Helgon Dag (all saints day) and Manon and I took a walk through the graveyard to see the lit candles- like a sea of lights or, as she said it, a little sleeping city. It was bitterly cold, an utterly clear sky, almost pure darkness aside from the candles and the stars. There were so many candles lit that even walking around, generally at some distance from them you could still smell the wax burning.

In correlation with the holiday and the time of year, a series of lights have been put up around Uppsala, on certain monuments and buildings. Here's one example.



This is the main University Building - the light colors change constantly. Quite a surprise to see at first.