Scandinavia has long been on my must-see list, so when it became clear Mr P&P would need to go to southern Sweden for work I immediately booked the Bean and I on a flight too. Sorted out an Airbnb flat. Pulled the winter clothes out of the back of the wardrobe. And then last week we were off, and I discovered Scandinavia is a bit magical.
I mean, I only saw a tiny bit of it and I know I’m generalising horribly, but still. I think it is a bit magical.
First there’s that bridge, which looks like it could get swept out to sea any minute but somehow gets you from Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmö, Sweden in 30 minutes flat.
I mean, I only saw a tiny bit of it and I know I’m generalising horribly, but still. I think it is a bit magical.
First there’s that bridge, which looks like it could get swept out to sea any minute but somehow gets you from Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmö, Sweden in 30 minutes flat.
Then there’s the food. Of course, the food. Meatballs and mashed potato on tap for the Bean, fresh lingonberries he discovered he also liked and ate with his fingers one by one. The darkest of sourdough breads which Mama already knew she loved and saw, to her delight, that the toddler did too #parentingwin. Spiced pastries in cute cafés and an amazing ginger and carrot broth from Gröna Hörnet that I’m determined to recreate.
It’s a colour-lover’s dream, where somehow everything is bright, stylish and cosy all at once.
And then there’s Outdoors, in all its glory:
Big playgrounds with sand and sticks and climbing frames and “cooking” facilities for the toddler.
Big playgrounds with sand and sticks and climbing frames and “cooking” facilities for the toddler.
A pretty harbour to tickle Norfolk-raised Daddy’s fancy.
A beach, windswept, cold and unforgiving at this time year. But still savoured, still perfect for blowing the cobwebs out of our brains and the smog out of our noses.
Well, mostly savoured. We discovered that The Poncho was no match for the bracing sea air, and that at times the wind was a bit too fierce for our little Italian. You can’t have everything, I guess...
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