I have been coming to Sweden during the summers the last 3 years to visit some dear friends of mine, and I am here again now. I can say that I will never get tired of seeing my friends and visiting their beautiful country! Their laughter is worth travelling the world for and whether it be in Stockholm, where I am today, or on the coast of Sweden which I've visited before...it is always a delight!
The people here are so forward! Fashionable, funny, kind, astonishingly bi-lingual- all Swede's
speak English, and have a wonderful healthy joie de vivre!
They are sporty and like to party, two things that I think should definitely go hand in hand.
Last year I was out on one of the islands in the Archipelago, and I commented on how everyone looks like they jumped out of a Ralph Lauren ad on their sailboats and fresh faces and sporty clothes.
In the city of Stockholm it's more of a trendy metropolitan city bustling with women in 80's dress, legwarmers and all...because they actually have balls to take the fashion to the limit. I think in America we dabble with the trend but are too worried what people will think. Men are sporting the Member's only jackets and polos with popped collars and they all look great!
Last night my friends wanted to bike 3 miles to a restaurant that was on the water, and the practical American side of me was thinking...it's sunny now, but on the way back, we'll be too cold, it will be too dark, we'll be tired from eating and drinking, etc etc...but as most Europeans do...practicality is not on the forefront, and I have to say that is where the spirit of adventure and zest for life and new exciting experiences are born!
Riding home, I had a youthful feeling of being a little girl racing home when I knew I was out too late, it was dark, my heart was beating, I was cold and a little anxious...but after 10 minutes, I was warm, I was laughing and wishing the trail home was a bit longer than it was.
This morning our gorgeous sun we've been having turned to rain, and you would think it would be time to hunker down and mourn the rain...but I look outside and the neighbor girls (about 8 years old) are jumping naked in the rain on their trampoline and my girlfriend and I went on a 1oK walk with ski poles! Gotta love the zest!
Let's take that sense of adventure and live it when we can! Unbutton one more button and live a little!! I hope this makes you want to go walk in the rain or take the little less expected path home once in a while.
Go. live. life.
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