Vacation, day 2

Day 2 saw a break in the rain and turned out to be a nice summers day. D's friend came down from Stockholm with his girlfriend. This was the first time we met her and we thought it would be a good idea to take them out to one of our favorite restaurants, Bastard. As you might know, this restaurant is a bit special and not to everyones liking.



On the summer menu was dishes like chicken liver, grilled herring, lardo and pigs feet. We went a little crazy and ordered two dishes each, sampling from each other.



Here's the lovely couple! After two dishes each we all had room for dessert. Later we ventured to Lilla torg for more drinks. The next morning we woke up with a slight hang-over but that didn't put a damper on what was to come. Stay tuned...

Vacation, day 1

Monday, the first day of my vacation. The weather wasn't what I hoped for but that seems to be the trend this whole summer. But I'm not complaining, I only have two weeks so let's make the most of it. D and I had plans to go to Landskrona museum to see a photo exhibition but at the last minute we found out that they were closed on Mondays... of course... We ended up drinking drinks and eating great food at Carib Kreol instead. And that's not to bad!



I started with a passion fruit Caiprinia and D took a Salines. Accras, jerk chicken, fish soup and a couple of more drinks and some live music made this, our first vacation day, a good day!

So, we're going to...

Gdansk? Yepp, me and D's first international travelling together goes to Gdansk, Poland. After an evening of argumentation we finally settled on Gdansk. I wanted places like Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Lissabon. He wanted St. Petersburg, Krakow and other east European cities. I asked some colleagues if anyone had been to Gdansk and they had. And loved it apparently. Situated in the north of Poland, 5 km from the shoreline, they say it's really pretty.



We found a small hotel in the old parts of the city, located between two canals. We'll be checking out the local sites (like the Neptune fountain in the image) and trying the food. I hear sausages are the thing there.

Heading for the Beach...

...or not! I really wanted to continue my days in the sun so D and I headed down to Falsterbo Beach. Half way there, D insisted to get of the bus. He was feeling really bad and looking a bit grey-ish. Now, don't feel bad for him, this was completely self inflicted. He and some friends had a massive throw-down on Saturday evening! After a small breather and some water he was feeling better and instead of continuing our journey we walked to Höllviksnäs.





Is this a boat or a house? A house-boat?

Ystad Saltsjöbad

I just got home from two nights at YSB. I had a lovely time with the whole Johnsson clan.

Situated right next to the shore, it was wonderful just to stand and look over the sea.

On arrival, we headed down to the pool. I managed to get a dip in the pool before treating myself to a pedicure. I don't know why I haven't done it before. It was really nice. We had dinner at the local inn just down by the road. Then we all almost fell asleep back in the bar area of the hotel. I guess it was all fresh air!



The following morning we woke up to a rainy Ystad. After a massive breakfast (eggs, bacon, croissants, fresh fruits, yogurt, pancakes, home made jams and anything else you can think of), we discovered the indoor pre-heated pool and the Jacuzzi.



When we can't go out and play, we stayed in and play some pool. Come dinner time, the weather cleared up and we went to the hotel restaurant. The food was amazing! I'll blog about it on my food-blog shortly.



The restaurant called Nero was very nicely decorated, all black and white.

Need inspiration...

During the weekend I headed out to find some new books to read. Sometimes you might not want to read whats on the top selling list and you find yourself lost amongst classics, undiscovered gems and pure rubbish. How do tell? At Akademibokhandlen they had pre-packaged books of 4 with similar topics or genres. I really liked the idea and got a lot of inspiration.



The packages covered the whole scene: romantic literature, fantasy, classics, books about Malmö, "if you like that, you might like this" and more!

Iris drawing David

Midsummer's Eve we all got together at my place. Eating the classic new potatoes, herring and sour cream. Mum brought a pie with Västerbottenost and I served some beet roots with chevré. After all that food, beer and snaps we got a bit restless and stept out to the yard for some fine art making. Iris drew a lovely portrait of David. This was after she heard him say "Fy fan".



Mum took Iris home and the grown ups (?) stayed in and played Uno...