Sweden - A Vacation in Retrospect

It´s been a long vacation, which technically isn´t over until August 10th. I thought I´d share some pictures of my Sweden, and the lovely things I saw.

Before travelling anywhere, I went around and visited some friends close by, and it proved a good place to run. Swedish summer can truly be magical, if you discount the murder ticks, mosquitos and horseflies..

oh, I also swam in the rain!

I first went and visited friends in Stockholm. Such a fun city with so much amazing food. And karaoke! Since starting HRT my taste for food seems to have improved dramatically, so it was fun to try everything I could stuff into my face. Running is also really fun here, especially around Aspudden! :

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I later decided to say screw it and drive to Öland. Everyone always speaks highly of it and I thought why not.

Holy crap it is not for me. Flat, fly-infested, and just plain boring? I did witness some fantastic views tho, and had some even greater nights:

Lastly, I went up way north in Sweden. I love being in nature, and I love berries. So I put on my big-girl pants and dared to go berry picking. Cloudberries, blueberries and red currant galore!

I swam in 12 degrees cold water, and I visited some old village classroom from 1901! Was super cool:

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Oh! I also went hiking for 2 days. It´s always so much fun to just wander through nature. I put on Low Roar and imagined myself a character in Death Stranding:

I´ve now said hello to my neighbours cat which has just decided to live with me (?) and put on a feel-good movie. Rest of vacay left for reading and just living as who I am meant to be.

Effie out, and remember: You´re valid, you´re amazing and you have worth in this world <3