Hej from Sweden!

Hej, I just met you...

Were you expecting narrow cobbled streets and ancient architecture? In that case, you may have to hold out for a couple of posts, but I can assure you that's coming as well! Let's start towards the end of my week in Stockholm - a day out at the Stockholm archipelago. On the map, it just looks like someone spilled their cornflakes in the massive milkbowl that is the Baltic sea - dots, irregular shapes big and small: 2,000 islands in total! We decided not to go too crazy and try and fit them all in, opting for the grand (and feasible!) total of two. Setting sail from central Stockholm - may I recommend sitting on the open top deck to soak in the rays as well as views of the turreted city moving slowly away - we hopped off at Grinda, our first island. With only a few tiny red wooden houses and several boats peppering the view, it is otherwise untouched and very well-suited for exploring, so explore the fern-carpeted woods and rocky beaches we did...

Vaxholm, the second island (and the biggest in the archipelago), was far busier but featured lots of pretty streets with candy-coloured houses that were good enough to eat. If you go to Stockholm, I cannot recommend visiting the archipelago enough - for a day at least; you never know, you might even find some Moomins hidden away in a forest corner... As you can see, I couldn't resist being the biggest cliche ever and whipping out my much loved Breton tee for the 'sea voyage', as well as some 'new' vintage high-waisted trousers that made me look rather pot-bellied when I wasn't careful to stand up straight! My shoes are Doc Martens, but more on them in the next post.

P.S. Thank you everyone for being so patient and for all your emails asking what has happened - photographing outfits with a broken lens is pretty difficult to say the least! Hopefully though, a new camera will be on its way to me very soon - see you later, bank account...

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Navy striped Breton jumper, vintage

Navy high-waisted trousers, vintage

Scarf, gift

Handbag, vintage Jane Shilton

Cat-eye sunglasses, Specsavers

Brogues, Dr. Martens