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Nothing much to report today...besides being a crap day in Stockholm. 15°C, windy and raining all day. In a way it just makes our return to Portugal more enjoyable since weather situation is much, much different than what we have experienced here. Basically at the moment it is a race towards winter with average temperatures getting pretty quickly close to 10°C and soon enough 5°C... besides that, the chances for the first snow to appear by late October are normally high.

So, although the summer days here are something of beauty, we were not really fond of spending another winter season here (enough is enough :P 

Since I started to talk about the weather, here are some pictures that "talk" about the difference between deep winter season and summer days in Stockholm...

Summer:

 This one was taken close to our apartment (there is a lake just 500meters away) at around 23h30 in the night... :)

 One can actually find "beach" sites around Stockholm which can become crowded with people on the weekends.

 Walking by the lakes in the summer is quite nice :)

These piq-nics or barbecues is what it's all about in the summer. Do them late in the evening, bring your  single-use disposable barbecue set, some wine bottles and you're good to go. In a clear day the sun/daylight will be your friend until 00h (during midsummer it does not actually get completely dark)

Winter:

Winter weekend activity... go out to one of the lakes and take your dog to a walk on top of the frozen surface (if it is sunny you can actually learn to ignore the -5/-10°C)

 On my way to work...no comments!!

 Me...walking/standing on top of lake Mälaren (with no dog though...). On the floor one can see the tracks made by all the people passing by.

Remember the green trees in the spring/summer...here they are in the winter. Actually I have to say that they are also quite beautiful like this.

So this is a glimpse of what we are leaving behind... we enjoyed it very very much actually... but it is time to move on :)

Now for the music of the day... and although we are not taking a motorbike... LOL :P