Old home Lund and a trip to Ystad

After a night back home in Espoo I went to an "older" home where I grew up. South of Sweden in a tiny town called Lund. Flew to Copenhagen first and then by train about 30 mintes to Lund. No snow here! Lund is really a small and cute place. Went to the Grand Hotel for the first time and had a fantastic dinner.

Ystad was always a city I wanted to go to because of the Wallander books. Didn't get to see much of the city but seaside was beautiful! Also went for a swim in the 2 degree sea.

Grand Hotel Lund! We had an amazing dinner. 

Finland, Turkey, South Africa, Japan and Mexico presented

I'm not usually a big fan of sweet stuff but this pecan marshmallow caramel ice cream set was pretty amazing 

Small streets of Lund 

The stone ground is really NOT made for dragging your suitcase on. I usually like walking and don't mind having my luggage with me but here it's impossible 

Funny frame shop 

Welcome to Saltsjöbad! 

 

And our annual meeting for 2019

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Sunrise for the jetlagged 

 Would be a lot happier if it was warmer 

 Really nice and cozy bar at Saltsjöbad

 Swim time! 

 Bye bye birds 

Back to winter wonderland - Finland

First time going home in almost 6 months. Was expecting a lot of snow most of it just melted before I came back. So good to come back home and sleep in my old own bed. Even if it was just for 1 night because next day straight to Lund!

Hello Helsinki! Sure is grey...

Looks a bit nicer during summer 

Went shopping for some stuff to take back to Japan while in Helsinki and found this. You can get ANYTHING protein in Finland today. 

Our national poems day - Runeberg. Cakes like these are eaten in his honor. I think it was his wife who came up with it. Very yummy! 

What did I do all evening when home? Played Resident Evil from 5 to midnight. No sleep for 26 hours, jetlag almost fixed from first day. 

Finnair has really upgraded the lounge and food! It's few places that are this good. Brewed coffee was to perfection and the berry smoothie! 

Tokyo winters, it's time to throw beans!

The absolute best thing here with winters are the open air or outdoors hot springs when it's cold outside! Soaking in a 42-46 degree bath is one of the best things I know. Maybe it's the sauna culture we have in Finland that's one reason for it.

This weekend it was the "bean throwing" festival. It's a sign that "spring is in the air" and you throw away bbad luck. It's being held in many places around Tokyo but my favourite is with Tokyo tower in the background as view. 

 Caught 4 packs! Thanks Sumo-san 

Lot of people had come to catch beans and snacks 

The temple also have a memorial to lost children 

What an awesome weekend weather

"Le Messenger" standing and watching over Tokyo from our bridge. Some French artist made. Took me 3 years to find that out. 

HOME!! 

Cool logo, Teisoh 

So our Tsukuda lake has been under construction a few weeks now 

Onsen = Hot spring in Japanese #1: Favourite part of the day, taking a bath after the run! Found a new place in Koto-ku from the 1960s! They really kept it like it was back 60 years ago. And there is one tub with 47 degree hot water, so far the hottest I've been to. Cold drink sure taste good after it. 

 Love these old lockers 

 Took a photo in secret from the outdoor seating / smoking area. Pond full of huge fish! 

 

Onsen #2: This one is located just a few hundred meters from the earlier mentioned above and is called Tatsumiyu. This place is probably from the 90s or so. Sometimes sumo wrestles come to this place because the training houses are located in the area. There is also a room full of manga comics to read while you cool down or sit in the bath. Hottest bath here goes up to 45 degrees. Leave you shoes in the locker when arriving and pick up the wooden number that unlock and locks the box. 

Welcome to Tatsumiyu. Girls to left and guys to right  

Better than any beer, seriously. When you been soaking in 45 degrees and then getting a close to 0 degree cold Pokari sweat from a can! 

Not sure why they hung these small animals in the roof this week. It usually changes what they have dangling around. Only in Japan! 

Found a new ramen place in Ginza that definitely comes my Top 5 all time ramen. So good the soup! So good the chili garlic sauce they made. Aaand as much home made kimchi as you want to eat. And that's not all. They had all One Piece mangas in a big shelf when entering. 10/10 ! Coming back soon again. 

 We also had some super fancy Unagi in Shibuya in the weekend. 5000 yen for this amazing box. Too good! Could have had 4 of them. 

 Microbrewery and lunch place with view over Sumidagawa river and sky-tree. Why didn't I find this years ago already??? 

 Never gets old to run out to Toyosu 

First sign of Sakura already here! 2 more months to go 

Strong winds collected som garbage. First time I see "pollution" in Tokyo. Everything is usually so clean and neat here. 

Found a second hand garage sale spot when jogging around Koto-ku 

 Check this guys, new strong flavour! 

Some days were more gloomy than others 

Kaj don't mind the gloominess at all 

Tsukuda in reflections!