Yarn Shop

My favorite yarn shop in Sweden is Yll o Tyll.

They have yarn:














A nice place for My Husband to sit:














And, a nice door stop:

Barista

When traveling to Uppsala, I have one cafe destination in mind. Until I eat at Barista, I do not feel like I have arrived! We got a small sandwich to go . . . all very ecological (wooden silverwares) and recycled paper goods.

I asked the young girl about the bulgar salad. She gave me the information on the note for making it. Gurkmeja is tumeric. The salad is bulgar, red onion, cucumber, chick peas, etc. with some arugula.

Mmmmm.

Uppsala, SE

We left Gavle early on a Saturday morning to visit Uppsala. Upon check-in at our hotel, we quickly made our way here, to the loppis:

and bought this (and more!):


The striped shirt is a hand-made work-style shirt that fits perfectly. It had a funky smell, but that is gone with the washing. In the background, a woven house-rug and the brown-brown is a skirt.

Sweden Yarn Mail

From a visit to Uppsala, Sweden, an awaited package arrives chock full of yarnly goodnesses. The grey and multi-colored yarn (top, left) is for a stripy sweater, Noro sock yarn (top right) for a pair of stranded-design wristlets/fingerless gloves and the hand-dyed red cotton (bottom, center) is NYD (not yet designated). Yumm!














All from here:

Graffiti

When we were in Uppsala, SE, I was attracted to, and photographed, the graffiti around town.
I do not know what any of it means, but love the texture and coloration.

We arrived in Uppsala, SE on July 15, staying at the Hotel Uppsala. The rooms were in the process of renovation, so we had a small, dingy room to start, but b'fast was amazing. And the staff very helpful!













We went on a nice walk to the castle, church and botanical gardens in Uppsala. This is the most walking that I have accomplished in over one year. So, all of the scenery was stunning, fresh and photograph-able!














On one of our walks, we found a small marketplace with various meats and cheese, candies and baked goods from Holland. They had beautiful cheese.

Sandwiches at Barista with a mystery salad made of cucumber, onion, some type of coarse bulgar (yellow), all difficult to replicate, so savory to the last bite!