Why being unable to run in the forest is not a bad thing

Because here in Stockholm that is probably because things are frozen over. This gives you a fair chance some lakes and estuaries look like a solid plaque of ice... with some snow on top. Lucky for us, some people have these cleaning machines and create ice skating tracks on them :-D

As we live in the west of Bergshamra, we are squeezed in between Edsviken and Brunnsviken, both of which have a skating track on them, both are ten minutes walks, both are in a quite enjoyable environment.

Last saturday we decided we really needed ice skates and bought a couple of långfärdsskridskor down town. Not cheap, but totally worth it. They remind me of "friese doorlopers", but those are normally made of wood and not really fashionable back in the Netherlands, but the nordic versions are all over the place.

That is not really surprising if you take a good look. They are quite durable and easy to use. The shoe is not fixed to the iron below and you can walk quite comfortably to the ice, fasten them and go.

We did not finish the 12km track, we did not even made it half way. As it turns out, ice skating is not as forgiving as road skating, so I have to practice a bit more. Tessa did not have that problem, she only had some problems related to the 10 degrees of "minusgrader": she is going to buy a hat which also covers her ears, so they do not freeze off :-P But all problems aside, we had great fun and will enjoy the rest of the Swedish winter on the ice.