Yes, this is the color there. Bier, sun and french fries. Everything is yellow, so forget all the orange when they play soccer. This is for sure somehting they found to distract the foreigners.

On friday, i went to the airport at Linköping and believe me, you kan hardly imagnie that you will land to the 4th biggest airport in Europe, schipol airport, that they prounouce schrrrrripol airport.

I arrived one hour before my friend P, so i decided to try a little of the yellow. And believe it or not, the bier there follows the laws of gravitation. Almost the half of this glas landed on my jeans, the only pair i had with me for the week end. No way, it would ruined my stay!

Then, my friend came, we took the train to the main train station and walked to our hotel, which was located closed to the Dam place. Like in the middle of the town. The guy at the reception was making fun of my accent after only 2 sentences in english, pretty rude, but we checked in in a good mood and went out to eat directly.

The restaurant of the night was really cosy, and the service really nice. Actually, this is a common thing to all the places we visited for a drink or some food: people working there are really nice to customers. The restaurant, with a name impossible to prounouce, was really nice, i recommend it to people goind to Amsterdam and willing to eat something easy in a special mood. No reservation there, so be ready to take a drink at the bar before to enjoy their good food.

http://www.caferestaurantvankerkwijk.nl/eng/11.html

We were really tired on saturday morning but we took ourselves up and went downtown for some walking before a massage.

Oho you noticed how good the quality of the picture is, right? no one of us had her real camera with us, so it was phonepictures. I hope you enjoy their natural and the lack of photoshop ;)

The weather was not really with us on saturday, not even on sunday, since it was raining, snowing and sunshining at the same time.

On saturday evening, we went to a little bar, in which only dutch biers were served. Miam i tell you!

After this little apéritif, we headed to a really nice restaurant, De Behamel, with art deco as main theme for the decoration. It had been a really long time i had such a rafinated three courses dinner, of course accompagnated with sweet wines. during the dinner, i decided it would be my last of this kind until my jeans from spring 2011 fit on my ass. So i really enjoid the dinner!

On sunday, we went downtown for some more shopping and we also visited the FOAM, which is the museum of photography in Amsterdam. The exhibitions were not that exceptional but it was a pleasant building to walk in and best of all, when we went outside, the sun was shining again :)

Then, it was slowly time to take the direction of the airport. Actually, i am not sure we made it all right with the train ticket and so, but we had som big laugh when the conductor told the train passangers that we arrived to Schipol. The guy was like shouting it as if it was party! P went back to France 2 hours before my flight took off to Linköping and these 2 hourse were pretty long to kill. Specially when you spent the week end talking about girly things, telling your best gfriend that you are in love and telling how much you feel for this awesome guy made you just feel how much you miss him. // romantical post

But Amsterdam, yes, nice choice if you want to be in a capitale without feeling the rush. There are almost no car in the center, so it feels really calm, even if people are everywhere. Nice shops, litlle cafés everywhere, it was the perfect destination for our purposes. Thanks P for this time and thanks Amsterdam for the warm welcome!

Song of the day:

it was vacation time yesterday and today, but i have done plenty of things, that much that i ill fall asleep like a baby tonight (read soon).

I drove to Eskilstuna yesterday evening to spend the evening and night with a friend and first of all, the landscapes were wonderfull. Sorry for the bad quality, i only had my bad cellphone with me to shoot.

At the end, the sky was all orange/red and the sun said good bye. I spent a very nice and cosy evening with my friend A, it had been a long time since we met, like half a year, and it was a way to long. Better catch up more often A! Thanks for the night!

This morning, the sun was shinign spendidly, which made the -17 degrees a little warmer. I went on the country side a little souther of Eskilstuna to get 2 chairs that i bought on ebay for like 16 euros. The landscapes were also very wonderfull, with some fog first and then only crispy cold sunny winter.

It was a real pain to make the two chairs fit in the car i tell you, but we managed and i took the direction of Strangnäs to eat lunch with my friend F. Oh, i forgot, i stopped and bought some pillows too on the way. After  anice moment with my friend F, i drove back to Linköping and the weather was all grey and sad.

It was a fight too to take out the chairs from the car. I fought like 15 minutes but won. Then, hop, direction IKEA for some buyings, little things, but it is not everyday that i have a car, so i took the chance. the best of all is prolly this little table i bought to put my laptop on, instead of having it on my knees. Exactly at the right height when i sit in my new chair. A new lamp got to move in too and some more pillows. Here you get the before and after pictures.

BEFORE VIEW 1

AFTER VIEW 1

BEFORE VIEW 2

BEFORE VIEW 2

What do you think?

OK, time for me now to paint my kitchen table in black, i bought the color this morning, and it will be perfect. I just need new chairs for my kitchen and then i am a happy girl!

The song of the day wil be this one (sad lyrics but i like the melody much!)

Monday evening at home and i am happy because i finally solved a big problem in my life. Situation: i have a pair of black shoes, perfect for the winter in Sweden because they are very warm and easy to put it. Ok for the good looking part, you have to be a little blind, but whatsoever: you are always happy when you can take a walk and come back with all your toes. Ok. So now, the problem. The past weeks, i wasn't able to walk 10 meters before to feel some little stones in my shoes. Like even if i took them away, always, after 10 meters again, pouf, stones in the shoes. And both. Quite irritating if you ask me!

but this morning, i saw the sign!!

These shoes are over 5 years old and beeing wintershoes, they were on my feet like 6 months per years, meaning 2,5 years. And even if they were from a pretty good quality, i noticed holes in them this morning. So little stones come in, hide and go out just when i just walked away.

I am a lucky girl actually, because it is stil the sales period here and i found a pretty ok new par of shoes for almost peanuts. 

I only have 2 days left at my current work and it feels kind of weird. When i changed last june, i did not think it would be that short, but sometimes, you discover things you hadn't imagine. (hum, was it an english sentence?). I will then have the luxury to have some days off before to begin at my new work and it will be a nice occasion to move my body. Stockholm, i will run your halfmara in less than 1h50, i swear! (thank god, it's in september!)

Some pictures from this week end. Not really happy with my shots, but you tel me!

And for the song of the day, you may have some  homonym song:

This is how i felt when i went out htis morning. This was surprisingly cold. Well, not actually, but i was happy to have a lots of layers on me then.

At work, it was time to eat some Semla. This is kindof a cake with a lots of cream, mandel and socker and so. I don't like it, it is just too much. But here you get a pic, just to make you an idea. The taste, as you understood, is not something very special.

On my way back home, i staid at the Trädgårdsföreningen and watched the fontain. Find the error:

I am soon off for a long walk, so you get your song of the day now:

Oh you my friends, i don't want you to be jealous but once again, it was a mervellous week end for me on planet earth. And this week end began on thursday evening, which was a good thing. I got kind of destroid at work, you know this 10% of all your relations destroying for the 90% others... well, the travell down to Småland and the hugs from M helped me to relax.

After a nice breakfast downtown on friday morning, M went to work and i went shopping, as a good housewife has to do. I bought food, alcohol and Mojo. At home, it was a carrousel of vinyl records while sipping tea and going from one couche to another with a book or Mojo. Nice sunny day, but a waaaaay too cold for my little french me.

This picture was is from Mojo:

Nice to notice that Blondinbella has her copy in the artistic world, but somehow, it sounds so wrong.

In the same number of Mojo, it was also this picture:

Also: focus. Two of my favo musicians evaaaar (Damon Albarn and Flea) making a record with another apparently splendid artist and this will go out exactly 2 days before my bday?!?! You may now know what i am preparing my self: porn for my ears for the beginning of my life with an age beginning with 3!

The rest of the week end was social, cold (outside, poor trees with their ice-skirts) and this morning, i did somehting i haven't done in ages: i took a bath. Lovely!

The song of the day, i hope, will give you some energy to begin this new week, which is for me the serious beginning of the end. But nice :)