bristol-snow

A pathetic snowfall in Bristol yesterday

Welcome to Sweden? Not quite.

But the Brits still believe it is very, very cold at the moment. We had about an inch of snow in Cirencester this morning. It is definitely very cold for the season. We had snow the past 2 Winters, but we had to wait till January and February. This year instead, Scotland is already under a thick layer of snow and South West England felt a bit left out, so… we are trying to turn into Vikings, but the attempt so far isn’t working too well.

My Scandinavian-named car, however, feels at home and started up right away this morning. Go Jussi!

Jussi

Two months ago I bought a car. Woo hoo!

Yes, I know. I said I’ve been living without a car for a year and it’s great. It is, it really is. But as I’m settling down in South West England (for now… You know me, in a few years I might hop somewhere else) and my job is in a rural area, I cannot rely solely on public transportation. Especially because if I have to go to a farm in Cornwall, well… ehm… that would be quite a bike ride! Then, here’s Jussi! A shiny Nissan Almera 1.5L from 2001.

Yes, I do name my cars. This one got named after Wallander’s dog, Jussi. As you can see, my Swedish phase is not over yet. I’ve actually started learning Swedish, go figure, and I’m basically collecting all Wallander series ever made, plus all the Martin Beck films and also Susanne Bier’s films. Right, those are in Danish, which is a bit confusing. But she sometimes casts at least 1 Swedish actor so, eventually it’s interesting to listen to both languages. Besides, her films are great so I don’t really mind having to rely on the subtitles to understand them all. Jag pratar lite svenska och jag tror att danska låter konstigt. (I speak a little Swedish and I think that Danish sounds weird.) You’d better get used to it: from now on I might add random little sentences in Swedish here and there on the blog, just to practice the language. ;)

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