... happy days will come to you all year...

Yes, it's the time of the year again. BIRTHDAY! Don't you think, the older you get, the less excited you get for your birthday? It's not like I am worried about getting older - not at all. But it's just different.

Anyway, I had a great weekend - as always, when combined with the right people. Meike came over to spend time with us from Zürich. And as I love the beach in Halmstad so much we took a trip there!

And apparently she did as well!

It was very windy..

Saturday night we had a barbecue with me, Meike, Camilla (Mikael and Lina's sister), her husband Jonas and their mom who was visiting from Finland. It was so much fun. I really love his family - they are so normal and I feel so myself around them.

Mikael always says I have strong arms. Does he know about 'Relief Society Arms'? hehe. Check out his face and my relaxed expression.

Mikael is really the best there is! He gave me a voucher for a massage in a wellness-center as I've never had a 'real one'. And these beautiful flowers! Love.

I feel like I've had so many birthdays in the past months.

Home, sweet home.

So, this is it! My new home Göteborg. Actually, I have two 'homes' now. But this is where I am from Monday - Friday. As soon as I came here to stay I felt at home. Göteborg is really so beautiful.

These are just some impressions of spring. I still have to explore the city, so more pictures are to come. Enjoy.

I live somewhere in the 2nd floor in this house.

Combining the old and new.

Mikael, his sister Evelina, their mom and I drove to Stockholm to attend an event from my company. Well, practically it is still my employer as I am on vacation.. :) The German group was dressed in 'Mozart-manner'. It was fun, full of energy and great to show Mikael what I had practically done the last two years.

Germany was No 1 in Europe again. This is my boss and his wife.

We also saw Mikael's brother and his kids. Look how cute they are with their sunglasses!

A whole new world.

I can't believe it is already about 2 weeks ago that I moved to Sweden. Time goes by so fast..

But I didn't want to miss out on showing you about how 'it' happened.

On our way to the German coast to take the ferry to Denmark. Here's a map if you are interested.

The north of Germany and the south of Sweden have a lot of windmills. I think they are really beautiful - I don't know why - they just are.

Waiting for the ferry.

My mom is the best. She drove all the way from Germany to Sweden with me and travelled all the way back alone back home.

Mom - thank you again. You are truly the best.

Westcoast

Wednesday I drove to the westcoast of Sweden, Halmstad, to visit Mikael for some more days. He also showed me some of the houses he has already built - very impressive! This is the house he is currently building for his sister and her husband. I really love his work and what he is doing. He is really talented.

Afterwards we drove to the sand beach which is about 10 minutes from his place. Oh, how I loved it!! It was soo beautiful - just perfect!

Mikael has a cat called 'Vilse' which means lost in Swedish as he was lost as a baby. But now he finds his way to eating water from the toilet quite well! So funny!!!

The other day Mikael took me to another beach called Hovs Hallar with cliffs and rocks - also very beautiful where we just walked and enjoyed the beautiful weather and scenery. Yeah, I didn't take more pictures, I was quite busy - but I am so, so happy.

Stockholm - the story continues

After Mikael and Viktor had left back home I spent a couple of days with Evelina and my cousin in Stockholm before I was off to Halmstad to visit Mikael. On Tuesday I walked through Gamla Stan - the old town of Stockholm with Lina - it was really beautiful. Here are just some impressions, I took the photos without flash so they don't have a really great quality.

But you might get a glimpse of how beautiful Stockholm is.

This is Evelina's special place. Can't tell you why. ;)

Stockholm also has beautiful old doors. A must for me to take a photo of!

This photo looks magical in a way with the blue sky.

They even have a store just for Tintin!

Some of the buildings, if not all, are landmarked and through the windows you can see old ceilings. I love how they still combine new and old. It is beautiful.

At Stortorget in Stockholm the famous Stockholm Massacre took place in 1520.

If you look closely you can see 3 canon balls in the houses.

My beautiful tour guide - Evelina.

Also an attraction Mårten Trotzigs Gränd - the width of its 36 steps tapers down to a mere 90 cm, making the alley the narrowest street in Stockholm.

To be continued at some other time.