tiramisu: stockholm weekend pics, coffee and swimming

Monday, August 31, 2015

stockholm weekend pics, coffee and swimming

this last weekend of august was a good one. good friends, good weather, good city swimming.

stefan loves a good cup of coffee, especially from johan & nyström one of our many neighbourhood coffee shops. they put on a coffee festival this weekend at the sodra theater in mosebacke. stefan is a coffee snob to nth degree so of course we went.

he sampled coffee from around the world, was inspired by the coffee roasting in a pan, and attended a pour over lecture so he could perfect his home brewing. i enjoyed a virgin coffee cocktail made with oats milk and vanilla syrup, sitting in the sun, and the company of ximena whose husband is as much a coffee snob as stefan. we had hoped for a coffee ice cream station but no luck... this was a festival for pure coffee enthusiasts.

later that night while ximena, our kiddos and i stayed home, the husbands went back to watch a film about coffee and enjoy coffee cocktails while listening to djs spin some music.

taking advantage of the sunshine - i do hope it sticks around for a while longer - we cycled to vinterviken park to lunch at the cafe and swim in the lake. we didn't count on a summer shower but that was ok, we played some scopa to wait it out then jumped in the water. i may have yelped a little when i entered, so cold! but it warms up quickly then it's lovely.

it's one of the things i have come to love about stockholm... so much choice of swimming spots right in the city. made up of 14 islands, it really is the perfect swimming place. i can get used to this :)

vinterviken posts, if you'd like to take a peek... in the winter, in the spring, and in the sunshine.