Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Outside


Swedes seem to spend a lot more time outdoors than we do in the USA.  We see people out Alpine and Nordic skiing, skating, strolling, shopping, walking their dogs, running, etc.  It doesn’t seem to matter if it is daytime or dark.
The other evening we came through the park and someone had built a fire in the fire-pit using wood apparently supplied by the city.  It was a nice fire.


The walking bridge counts the number of cyclists who cross it by the day and by the year.  It recorded almost 120,000 cyclists in 2011!



Most cars have ski carriers, and when I run through neighborhoods, I see skis propped up next to the door.
Though this may be a bit presumptuous, being outside more seems like a healthier way to live.
After all, Adam and Eve were created to live in a GARDEN, right?

2 comments:

  1. My translation says "garden home," not "garden" and has a footnote afterword that says, "Many of the earliest manuscripts contain the additional phrase, 'with a 55 inch OLED television and 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound.'"

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  2. Yeah, right. Where do I get that translation??

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