When Stockholm turned white

Snow had arrived during the night and when I woke up this morning the city of Stockholm was covered in white. This is what it looked like as I biked to the gym yesterday morning around 9 am. It all turned quite slushy as the temperature was right at the point of freezing and not below freezing. 

 It actually got worse during the day and turned into quite a blizzard. Me and C decided on short excursion to Steninge Castle about half an hours drive north of Stockholm. As we past Stockholm and drove north we suddenly found ourselves in the middle of the blizzard. It was very intense for a while.

 When we arrived at Steninge it stopped snowing all of a sudden. I think the trees and bushes look pretty covered in white.

 At Steninge Caste you actually can't enter the castle but they have converted one of the larger additional houses that belong to the Castle grounds into a nice shop & restaurant. You can sit down and have a bite to eat or some coffee and a piece of cake. They sell a lot of the famous Swedish glass from Orrefors and Kosta. It is a great place to shop for gifts. 

 You can also find fine and hand made delicacies that are traditional Swedish. Honungs mjöd is actually something I have never tried. It is some kind of honey ale. 

 Lot's of beautiful glasses from the major and very famous glass manufacturers that are internationally known.

 The castle has a beautiful park. Coming now in January is probably not the best time. But coming here in spring around April/May then it is probably very nice to take a walk here. I passed this cozy and cute green house. Today was really one of those days when all you want to do is to curl up with a big blanket and watch a good movie or sit in front of a cozy fire place and sip on a cup of warm something or having a cabin with a sauna and a hot tub. Since I don't have neither the fire place nor the sauna and hot tub I had to go for the cozy blanket and movie later on in the evening. 


I am almost forgetting but I did bake the "Semlor" and they turned out really yummy! So me and C have indulged ourselves with these treats to make a perfect ending to a good January weekend. I read this in the newspaper this weekend. I a new word to be added to your Swedish vocabulary - "Semmelier", for those that consider themselves experts on Semlor.

I made the smaller version compared to the ones you buy in bakery shops. I think the smaller ones are even more delisious. We still have some buns left in the freezer so we can prepare more easily for the actual day, February 21 which is Fat Tuesday.