Summer of 2018, they said was the hottest in 200 years. They had no records of temperatures before that. Normally, after a few sunny days, we get rain and it all cools down. But this summer, I remember drinking bottles of chilled water....and being restless. Amazing how our bodies can get acclimated. Imagine, I grew up in India and have lived in Fiji, but in Sweden 25 degrees Centigrade can seem hot....
First published on August 19, 2018, here it is again....enjoy...
For all my years in Sweden, I remember summer as pleasantly warm, on a few days during the summer. Just a few days, and a certain time of the day. Then, it is back to shawls, socks and sometimes a jacket. Sitting outside requires blankets.
But this year??
The tide has turned, may be a wave, but they say that it is the warmest summer in 260 years in Sweden. 260 years. So, neither the people living today, nor their great grandparents ever saw such a summer. I remember 2015, the coldest summer in two decades. But this, the warmest in 260 years...
What temperature you ask--well it reached 35 degree celsius. Believe it or not, I have actually had iced water, upto 20 glasses a day--multiple cold, really cold showers. I have never had cold showers. Even in summers it was at least lukewarm, because it never really got really warm.
Anyway, I started writing this nearly ten days ago. And well now.....
So now its down to 12 degree centigrade. So very guilty for complaining. I am not yet ready for the cold, --not as cold as it has been for the last 2 days. August 4-7 was just brilliant!!
However, its been nice to have that beautiful summer that one craves for, that summer that Swedes leave the country every year. But I must say ---just as snow in Texas and even in London to a certain extent is disorienting so has been this summer.
Every country has its own flavour. Its nice to break away from it once in a while, but a certain predictability is good too!!
After all there is a reason Swedes head to Thailand every winter!!!
For all my years in Sweden, I remember summer as pleasantly warm, on a few days during the summer. Just a few days, and a certain time of the day. Then, it is back to shawls, socks and sometimes a jacket. Sitting outside requires blankets.
But this year??
The tide has turned, may be a wave, but they say that it is the warmest summer in 260 years in Sweden. 260 years. So, neither the people living today, nor their great grandparents ever saw such a summer. I remember 2015, the coldest summer in two decades. But this, the warmest in 260 years...
What temperature you ask--well it reached 35 degree celsius. Believe it or not, I have actually had iced water, upto 20 glasses a day--multiple cold, really cold showers. I have never had cold showers. Even in summers it was at least lukewarm, because it never really got really warm.
Anyway, I started writing this nearly ten days ago. And well now.....
So now its down to 12 degree centigrade. So very guilty for complaining. I am not yet ready for the cold, --not as cold as it has been for the last 2 days. August 4-7 was just brilliant!!
However, its been nice to have that beautiful summer that one craves for, that summer that Swedes leave the country every year. But I must say ---just as snow in Texas and even in London to a certain extent is disorienting so has been this summer.
Every country has its own flavour. Its nice to break away from it once in a while, but a certain predictability is good too!!
After all there is a reason Swedes head to Thailand every winter!!!
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