Hurray! We had a wonderful first week in Solna, Sweden, where we now call home!:)
Kitty did a great job on the flight, as did Laska (we think anyway- he seemed fine when we picked him up at baggage claim, just VERY eager to get out of his crate!). We flew through the night and arrived at 8 am on Tuesday morning... Kitty was quite well rested, Andrew and I were exhausted!
Fueled on delicious kaffe we pushed through the day, exploring our new hood. After an initial discouraging discovery that our apartment was not move in ready (rather dirty, and lots of the owner's things littering the closet/shelves making the already small apartment feel very claustrophobic) we are quite delighted by our neighborhood and building. Though Laska is certainly less than thrilled about the 3 room living quarters, Andrew, Kitty, and I are absolutely making do and we really couldn't be in a more perfect location.
We are minutes away from a small square, complete with a European-style fountain and we are surrounded by cafes, restaurants, and small grocery stores. Andrew has a 15 minute walk to work and we are also very close to the subway (tunnelbana) and train station (pendeltåg). There is a dog park half way through the walk to Andrew's work so Kitty, Laska, and I have met Daddy day after work and we stop at the dog park on the way home. Laska is proving to be a wonderful social outlet for us, we have already met many people (and even exchanged emails!), all fellow dog owners or dog lovers.
It seems small children, and very old ladies, are especially attracted to our pretty pup and interacting with them has been great opportunity for practicing our svenska. (You get much older than the young children, and much younger than the old ladies, and everyone is all too eager to speak English)
We spent a very happy Saturday walking all around our city, stopping for coffee (and then later öl, aka beer) and snacks along the way. We found a movie rental store and picked out several DVDs to rent - all children's videos since they were the only ones available in Swedish - so we are about to pop some popcorn and watch Frost! (Frozen :)
All our love to our family and friends back home! Some pics coming soon.
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