shred in stockholm

so rumor has it that Stockholm hasn't seen this much snow in years and year and years. apparently it usually snows and melts right away, although every morning I wake up, it's snowing more and more!! (and not melting) 

so, after old man winter got the best of me yesterday when he placed a huge chunk of ice under my foot while I was running and I rolled my ankle in the most painful way possible and then limped home in the blowing snow, I decided to tell him to get bent and went skiing today!

FINALLY! SKIING!! YAY!!! This awesome Swedish girl that I met named Louise took me to Hammerby Backen, which is sort of the Rabbit Hill of Stockholm, but..... smaller? yeah way smaller. 

cute!

Old Man Winter decided to bite right back and gave us a FREEZING cold,  extremely windy,  snow blowing day.  But we made the best of it and actually really impressed ourselves with how long we survived. 

brrrr! but stoked!

hej louise!

Sitting in bed now eating soup and defrosting the body! Great to get out on the skis, I was starting to think they wouldn't get any use... but look at me go.  Meeting cool people is great!

XOXO  J

                                                  

                            

taking the skis on a city tour..