Ugh. My shoulders and back hurts like I’ve been trekking with a huge backpack. I’m in a bad need of a massage. Unfortunately, massages are one of the things Ola’s not good at… I just left him at Gothenburg’s central station and I’m now sitting on a train to Scania. Free wi-fi all the way down. Good stuff.
Christmas has been real nice, as it always is my in-laws and extended family. They live on the countryside on Sweden’s west coast, next to the sea, amidst farms and fields. An insane amount of food, washed down with mulled wine and . This was the last year we celebrated christmas in the house Ola grew up in, his parents have sold it to a cousin and build a smaller house farther to the sea. So I raided the barn on stuff the’ll be throwing away and I must say, I am impressed with how much I was able to push down in my luggage. In my bags I now have a cotton candy maker (which I bought in Sweden but it doesn’t work in Ecuador, so I’m giving it to my sister), 2 bottles of wine and a mortar (christmas gifts), 2 flatirons (on from the fifties, older), a hand drill, long as my forearm and with wooden handle, one copper pot on three legs with a little cup, also with legs, one big bottle, maybe 2liters and one wooden moose, also from the fifties. Good thing my sister is on her way to Scania with a car. Unfortunately I couldn’t bring the window frames with me, but my sister and her bbf are talking about doing a road trip to pick them up. One person’s junk, another one’s treasure.
It was nice to get some rest, now with Scania, the friend and family tour really begins. This time I’m spending a totalt of 4 days in south Sweden, which is one more day than usual, so I’m a little less stressed. But, normally I have my schedule done before I arrive. But I’ve been too exhausted, I haven’t even started to make it. But I’m not that worried, my friends are understanding to my lack of time and try to be flexible. Which is needed, 5-6 friends+my grandma and my cousins family and a birthday celebration in 3 full days and 2 half days is nothing you manage without some help.