End of 2016 in Gothenburg

Varobacka - Gothenburg - Gommet

New Gregorian Year. 

New Beginning.

New Chapter.

"Gott Nytt år!" Shouts us on the street of Gothenburg, while lighting fireworks that have been selling like crazy all over town.

The night was wet and cloudy, but it didn't stop us from lighting fireworks at midnight.

Explosions of sounds that scares the dogs and beautiful colourful flowery lights up in the cloudy night sky.

HAPPY NEW GREGORIAN YEAR, EVERYBODY!

The winter wasn't so cold yet, so the week before Mats and I moved out of Väröbacka, we spent a weekend hiking and camping with Jimmy around an area called Gommet, just north of Gothenburg. We walked 12-13 kms in the mossy green forest and camped the night by a beautiful lake.

I love this beautiful wise mossy tree.

Walking through the fluffy soft mossy forest

The mysterious mist hovering over one of the lakes we walked by

Jimmy climbing up the hill

By the cliff enjoying the amazing view full of mist, yet we can still see the beautiful scenery slightly hiding amongst the mist.

Enjoying my eggplant sandwich while enjoying the view at our camping spot

One of my favourite pictures taken at our camping spot

Cooking Chilli Con Veggie while keeping ourselves warm 

Our home for the night

After finishing the last week working at the rims and tyres workshop in Väröbacka, we headed up to Gothenburg. We celebrated a no white Christmas with Mats' family and Jimmy. It was a stormy Christmas Eve and most people in Sweden knew that it was going to be a bad weather. How did everyone guessed it?

Well, apparently Christmas weather is the same weather as the name day that falls on the 1st of December. So, unfortunately, there was no white christmas again.

Frosty Väröbacka just before we left

Misty and frosty Väröbacka. Bye for now.

The night before Christmas Eve, we  had an early Christmas dinner with Peter (on the right) and Jolene (on the left) at Helena's (in the middle) apartment

Bengt-Oke (on the left) posing infront of the Christmas decorations

Cute Christmas decorations at Helena and Bengt-Oke's apartment

It's 3pm on Christmas Eve! Time for everybody in Sweden to sit down in front of the television and keep up the tradition watching Disney cartoons that play the same thing every year.

Patrik digging in the Christmas dinner buffet

Beautiful view of Gothenburg from the apartment

So, cheers for a new beginning in a new gregorian year.

May we all grow stronger and wiser.

May we all unite more together away from the illusion of separation.

Because, We Are One.

1ove <3

The 'Good' Housewife

Varberg - Varobacka - Gothenburg

"Beep! beep! beep! beep!"

I shake Mats' shoulder to wake him up so he would turn the alarm off next to him. He gets up, presses the snooze button and goes back to sleep. Then a variety of annoying alarm sounds goes off every 10 minutes until the clock shows 7.30am. Mats finally wakes up and gets ready to work, while I stay in bed (the best thing about being a housewife, especially when having vivid dreams once I sleep again after getting up early in the morning).

Once I'm ready to get up, I do my late morning housework and prepare lunch to deliver to Mats at the rims and tyres workshop just behind the apartment we are currently living in. Someone once told me that the best place to work is the one that is closest to your home. So, I guess in our case, it's the best place to work.

So, that's pretty much been my Monday to Friday morning routine since we arrived in Sweden and for the whole month of November. Before Mats comes home, I spend time at home working on some arts and crafts or I go out in to the forest until sun down when it's not raining or too cold outside. Once Mats comes home, I prepare dinner for his hungry belly after a long day at work.

It's been quite an interesting experience to be a housewife. Something that I haven't had much experience with in my life. I never thought I would really enjoy being a housewife. The virgo in me definitely loves it.

Braided Mats' hair and beard so it's not in the way while working

Mats at the workshop

Finding Mats working hard when I deliver lunch

One of the lunch that I brought for Mats. Toasted cheese sandwich; salad; and egg salad and cheese on toast. Best thing about working around the corner is that I can deliver warm food. Perfect for the cold climate.

Spending time with my friends and family in the forest

One of the arts I made. I think this is the best one I've made so far.

Walking Zigge after the boys came back from work. This is early November, when autumn was still in the air.

Coming back to the apartment from the forest, enjoying the beautiful sunset

Varobacka is a cute little village with a beautiful sunset.

Made vegan banana bread and vegan stir fry for dinner. Mats couldn't wait to dig in, but he was kind enough to smile and pose for the camera.

Vegan chocolate blunt cake for a weekend dessert.

The blunt cake is Puuuuurfect with Oatly's vanilla sauce. Oatly brand is probably the best thing I love about Sweden.

One Saturday noon after coming back from work. Mats, Zigge, Tobias with a cute pillow of Zigge on a tyre

One snowy day in Varobacka. Temperature has been so weird lately. Early November was -8 and now it's back to +8.

The highlight of our week is the weekends, where Mats and I would cruise (actually I wouldn't say cruise with mr Speedy Gonzales driving in his hometown) up with Tobias's car to Gothenburg (Thanks Tobias! <3). 

Driving up to Gothenburg and had to stop to take a picture of this beautiful sunset.

Parked Tobias's car on our favourite spot infront of Jimmy's apartment.

Hanging out with Jimmy, Tindra, Anna-Lee and her daughter at central station

The toughest part of being a 'good' housewife is that, wait before I say it, I don't mean to sound narcistic, but I make amazing food, which sometimes I astonish myself with. The temptation to try my own cooking lately that it has been tricky for me to stay away from consuming it myself.

Spending time in Varobacka has been quite an interesting experience. It is a very small village consisting of a few blocks of housings and a commercial block consisting of a grocery store, hairdresser, farmer shop, a tattooist, pizza. The village reminds me abit of Orient Point, the place where I used to live in Australia before living nomadic.

What I love about this small little village is that there are apple and pear trees in the wild, so I have been picking some seasonal apples and pears that taste soooooo delicious! Hmm, really loving this breatharian transition process due to the exentuation of the sensitivity in my taste buds. But also, of course because the fruits are in season, so they do taste divine. 

Well, I guess that's all the update from me for November. See you next month.

1ove <3

  

Furry Ölüdeniz

Kumluca to Fethiye

The beautiful turqouise ocean decorated the outside window of the minibus that we travelled on our way to Fethiye. It reminded me a little bit of Amalfi coast in Italy, although not as cliffy and packed. Once in a while we passed some beautiful beaches on the side of the coastal road, that I can imagine us camping if we were to go on a roadtrip.

Coastal road from Kumluca to Kas

Coastal road from Kumluca to Kas

At Kas bus station on our short break

Leaving the bus station in Kas

A glimpse of one of the beautiful beach on the coastal road on our way to Fethiye

Beautiful view from the bus

Another beautiful beach on the coastal road

On the high way coming in to Fethiye

We arrived in Fethiye just before sunset and got picked up by our lovely host, Linda, who has invited us to house and baby sit her little ones while she will be going to the UK. We got to her place in Oludeniz where mount Babada stands proudly in front of us. As we entered the front gate, we were greeted by 4 dogs -Bella, Alfi, Rose and Betty- and we then were introduced to the rest of the member of the family consisting of another 3 dogs -Harry, Blondie and Bentley-, and 31 cats (Must I announce all their names? Sure, why not.) -Roger, Macie, Simon, Prudence, Florence, Gracie, Jeanie, Toby, Lillie, Megan, Jeanie, Beatrice, Sean, Sidney, Poppy, Georgie, Rodney, Misha, Naomi, Timothy, Amber, Chloe, Oscar, Felix, Robert, Molly, Annie, Penny, Brian and Peter-. Everyone, accept Simon (the 'don't like strangers' cat, although now we are both in love with each other) and Bentley (who's not fond of strangers either, especially male), were excited to meet us, I was extremely excited myself. It's really nice to -again- be surrounded by the little furry ones. 

This is Betty (in the front), Alfi (middle) and Bella (with Mats)

This is Macie

From left to right, this is Toby, Timothy, Naomi, Felix and Oscar

While Roger (in the middle) was sleeping on my lap, Simon (the on in the front) came to join him and Prudence just had to come along to join the crowd as well.

Oludeniz itself is not what I expected it to be. If it were to be left alone, it might have be an absolutely beautiful place, but the beauty of the surrounding, unfortunately, has been taken advantage of by the locals. Therefore almost all the beaches available are not free and all prices for everything here are quite expensive, even more than Greece (which so far we have found to be the most expensive place we've been).

View of Ölüdeniz beach at the stop on the top of the road

At one of the beaches in Ölüdeniz

Beautiful stone wall in Ölüdeniz

Closer view of Ölüdeniz from one of the cliffy road

Spectacular view of the beaches in Ölüdeniz

This road reminds me of the road in Atlas Mountain, Morocco

Beautiful stone wall in Ölüdeniz

After house sitting for a few weeks here, we have been invited to stay for as long as we like, so we are taking this oppotunity to manifest our time to waterfast for 40 days (for Mats), as for me to manifest the lifestyle that I have been dreaming of for months now, which is to become a breatharian. We also take opportunity to grow some herbs. 

The first week of our little babies growing

A new member of the family came in to join us (Alistair). Betty who's so kindhearted, allowed Alistair to sleep with her one night. It was so cute when we found them together. Bella's fast asleep in the background.

Our little babies growing nicely after 3 weeks.

A nice little sunset just outside the balcony of our room

That's our update so far from during our stay in Turkey this May. Until next month.

Much love from Ölüdeniz <3