On Valentine's Day (Thursday) a group of 10 of us headed to the mountains near the Norwegian border. Our destination was the ski resort of Idre Fjäll. Erica, one of my Swedish classmates, has a connection through her father that allowed us to stay at no cost in a lovely apartment with a gloriously large common area where we ate together, lounged on the sofas and generally enjoyed ourselves. There were two full bathrooms one of which had a sauna. We arrived late on Thursday night and departed on Sunday morning.
Some of us skied (cross country and downhill) - some for the first time (well done Mugi and Milad) - and others (that would be me!) simply walked. We ate, drank a bit of wine, watched Melodifestivalen (apparently Swedish high culture) and enjoyed the break from class and studying (though we had a literature review hanging over all our heads). Here are a few photos - hopefully some classmates will supply some of the Saturday that was the most glorious of days with blue skies and the snow sparkling like diamonds. It was a marvelous time and made coming back to Uppsala very hard.
Some of us skied (cross country and downhill) - some for the first time (well done Mugi and Milad) - and others (that would be me!) simply walked. We ate, drank a bit of wine, watched Melodifestivalen (apparently Swedish high culture) and enjoyed the break from class and studying (though we had a literature review hanging over all our heads). Here are a few photos - hopefully some classmates will supply some of the Saturday that was the most glorious of days with blue skies and the snow sparkling like diamonds. It was a marvelous time and made coming back to Uppsala very hard.
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| View from the front window of the apartment |
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| A very tame moose (that's cause he's not real, obviously) |
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| One of the downhill runs |
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| Norway perhaps? |
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| Lots of snow |
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| Sporty girls - Sofie and Maija |
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| Where we had a waffle lunch on Saturday |
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| View from the front window |
