Svampen

June 17, 2011 by Heather B.

The day after the wedding, a few of us went to Svampen, a water tower in Örebro that has existed since the late 1950's. It's a fun place to visit because you can see the entire city from the viewing area, and there's also a cafe. We had some fika, and just enjoyed a lazy Sunday afternoon. Doesn't Christian have such a gorgeous family?

Christian's cousin Sara, she's so sweet and pretty :)

Svampen, which means "mushroom" in Swedish

Anton (Christian's cousin) and Charlotte

yet another self portrait

view from the top

Stefan, Christoffer (Christian's cousin), Henrik (Christian's uncle on his father's side), and Christian

Swedish flag

view of the church

Wedding Preview

June 15, 2011 by Heather B.

On Saturday, we attended Hanna and Erik's wedding, it was such a beautiful day full of love and happiness. It was really touching to see how overjoyed they were, and to have their family and friends celebrate in their special day. The one thing I wish was different was that Christian was a better dancer (I love him, but he stepped on my toes multiple time). I took over 1,400 pictures...so I'm going to pick a select few photos in a couple of different batches. I'm so honored that I got to be a part of their special day!
Also, big thanks to my friend Mats who let me borrow his telephoto lens and his 50 mm that took great pics in dim lighting :)

they entered on a horse and carriage

sHanna had such a beautiful bouquet (and a truly gorgeous ring)

They both had rice stuck in their hair after this

Vilmer was such a cutie!

Thunderstorms

June 09, 2011 by Heather B.

Just a quick post today...
After watching the thunderstorms, I decided I wanted to capture them, however, this is not an easy task. I stood on the balcony for about an hour, and was only to get one shot (there's a reason for the phrase "fast as lightning"), but still thought I'd like to share

It's kind of weak, and doesn't really show how dramatic it looked, so I'd like to show a clip of it that I took with my flipcam:

you can see it in the last four seconds.
Lester is actually getting used to all of it, and still prefers to sleep outside, even when it's pouring outside. I actually greatly enjoy the rain because it's so darn humid here. Everything feels sticky and muggy and gross...humidity was at 89% this morning! (all of this on top of the sun rising at 3:50 am...no joke, so hard to sleep!)

Christian snapped this pic of Lester stretching...I thought it was too cute not to share!

Flowers of Linköping

June 06, 2011 by Heather B.

An Afternoon at Trädgårdföreningen

June 05, 2011 by Heather B.

Today, Christian and I took a walk in this park close to downtown- it's actually the same park his dad used to play in when he was in a small child. Being Sunday, there were tons of people laying out, soaking up some sun, and playing volleyball. As the weather was lovely, and it was a weekend, there was the delicious smell of bbq in the air. It was beautiful, there were tons of flowers everywhere, and the air just felt nice. After the end of our walk, we got some ice cream at the restaurant in the park...I can't remember the last time I had an ice cream cone...it was a lovely Sunday. Although tomorrow is a holiday, being Sweden's Nation Day, I have to finish up some work on my thesis...wish me luck!

photo by Christian, editing by me

This place is called the Golden Love Pavilion (Lusthuset in Swedish)

photo by Christian, editing by me

the view above us

relaxing

so green and beautiful

picture taken by Christian, editing by me

photo by Christian, editing by me

picture by Christian, editing by me

photo taken by me while walking

love the self-timer

picture by Christian, editing by me

the restaurant, Tropikhuset

The Secret Garden

May 19, 2011 by Heather B.

Okay, this place isn't exactly a garden, but I never see anyone there and it's quite gorgeous. However, it's not quite secret, as it's just in between where the two paths meet up the hill in Valla Skogen. Yes, people did stop to stare. The other pictures were taken on "our" side of the school (where Farrah and I have classes, but the rest of Swedish friends frequent rarely), mostly along this man made river-type-thing that was designed to clean water naturally, so all the rain pipes dump into it. It's rather beautiful- but today it was less so, as it was less windy.

Also, I'm giving you fair warning - there are lots of couple-y pictures and some gratuitous shots of myself. I also apologize my obsession with over-editing, hopefully I'll get over soon (but it's so much fun!)

First up, Christoffer and Farrah: