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Romme Alpin Day Trip - Såler

So after pisting down Romme Alpin I stop of at one of the towns on the side of the road, and this is Såler about 20min form Romme couldn't be more different than Avalon :-) I thas a lovely charm to it I find And what is it with that brown colour, you see it everywhere, any swedes, feel free to fill me in here, why all the same colour ? the garages at the end of the road Cute, I can just imagine it in summer, green gras and probably 2 apple trees with bright red apples Wonder if that's the husbans shack at the back of the house, has a chimney, so there is fire, so a lot of time spent in there :-)


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how nice is this place loving the details would love to have a coffee in here and check out the place, bet you it would be full of wonderful details, character

here's a scary pic of me earlier ( so was not going to put this at the top of the post :-)
This is when I had been ski-ing for about 2 hours, I was so cold, I had to rent some ski boots ( not the best ones ) and I could not feel my toes at this stage, and my beard, hahaha, my beard, when I went inside a restaurant to warm my feet up, my beard had big cluster of ice balls stuck in there, so funny, reminds me of this shot from a few years ago in Austria and the comment Bryan Boy wrote, lol driving back to Stockholm now.
Wanted to shot you all the snow, and how it is still in all the trees, as it is so cold, it's just frozen to the trees, the leaves, the branches the trunks

wishing I had a bath to jump into when I get back to hotel, it's going to have to be a long shower instead.



( or coming home to one of those cute wooden homes, with a home cooked Jacqui meal and one of those claw foot baths set up in front of open fire, nice, next time :-)

 

Brussels > Stockholm ( via Helsinki ) Stockholm here I come :-)

Not quite the same as the series of photos I took in Adelaide airport of these lines, but still, I like this graphic Taxing in the snow to go to snow, Stockholm here I come :-) Belgium winter landscape, west of Antwerp The mighty Schelde River heading to the north sea and then the Oosterschelde in Holland Rotterdam's massive port Rotterdam at the bottom and Den Haag at the top Den Haag Schiphol, Amsterdam's airport under the rainbow circle, amsterdam no idea where I am now, Germany, Denmark ? Sweden Finland
Full moon soon approaching Helsinki Finnair HQ

Walk in Frozen wonderland

I decided to brave the cold and go for a walk you see, last night when I drove back from Wim & Hilda's it was super cold, probably about minus 4 and a lot of mist, so I know with that cold, the mist at some stage would freeze, so you end up with anything that was shrouded in the mist now covered in ice
pretty in B&W as well so a simle dead branch turns into this overnight

looks like it got cold enough as well last night to freeze the river a bit

look how much ice is on this dead weed













my little house in the forest oh my, I've driven past here so many times, and just shows you do see more when you take a walk, a sticker here, outside of a little Belgain village, for Australia's ABC radio, and then for the South Coast even, Kenny, did you put that there ?? I could walk for hours and take photos, but it is bitter cold, and I don't have the right footwear, skate shoes are not made to withstand the cold

Last (snow covered ) day in Paris and driving late at night to Belgium

After the Thom Browne show I got a ride back to the center of Paris with the Federatios shuttle bus. So some tourists shots before I head back to Belgium

everyone talks about Paris in the spring time and how beautiful it is, but Paris blanketted in a thick layer of snow is magical to me

one of the petrol stations I stopped at along the way ( I stopped at several to top up on coffee ) a third of the way, and just had to take some shots to show how much snow was lying around. I mean, usually in busy places it gets all mushed up , but this time there was so much of it that it , well stayed white I probably done about 100-120 km by now, and look at the bonnet of my car, still thick with snow
nearly empty highway, close to midnight, and far lane totally white different white balance. And look at the snow still on my bonnet in foreground, crazy, meanwhile in Sydney it was 46 degrees , ha


well, that was an epic drive, never driven on so much snow for such a long period of time, usually, this time of night I do this trip in just under 3 hours, took me well over 4 hours, and rightly so, was pretty slippery in some spots next day had a pretty long sleep in and spend most of the day indoor, but in the evening ventured into Mechelen to have dinner at Den Beer. This is the view outside the restaurant, on one side the local council chambers and the other side the Cathedral/church St Rombouts tower, and all still covered in snow next day, a quick look at the street where I stay, the street has turned into ice skating lane, whatever you do, don't use your brakes when driving
And riding a bike, forget it

needs to drop another 5 degrees before that freezes ( too much pollution in the water ) Later that afternoon I drive to Wim & Hilda's for dinner. Love this assortment of bird houses on the wall with christmas lights love it
never say never, but I doubt I will ever see this in Sydney in these winter conditions , you just have to put food out for the birds testing out the smoker I got for them from Australia, result, great, I'm buying one for myself now next morning, frost on my window. Migt have to go for a walk this morning out in the cold with camera.