Experiencing Europian Winter at Vingaker, Sweden

My experience with Europe is getting better & better every time. The highlight of this 3^rd visit of mine is the thrill of witnessing live snowfall. So far, it has been in centimeters. But, it is expected to be in feet soon.

Vingaker, the place I am living at is a small town having population of mere 5000. This is very calm & quiet place having 4-5 super markets, 15-20 restaurants, few churches, a library, swimming pool, the castle, small railway station & very famous ‘Factory outlet’ for clothing. To earn the discounted pricing, even the people from Stockholm visit it. So, I am bound to do shopping for kids & wife, no excuses will be valid this time.

I am staying at the hotel situated exactly at the centrum & in front of railway station. It is owned by Bosnian family & owner Mr. Mohammad is staying here from last 22 years along with his wife & 2 sons. Two of my neighbours at hotel are doctors working at the local health centre, Dr. Sarkar from Bagladesh & Dr. Diego from Argentina. Both of them come here periodically to work for few months. Dr. Diego is also an entrepreneur & runs a business of jewelry. To my surprise, he knows lot of things about India & has been on business tour to Jaipur & Surat in the past. He also helps me to communicate with Mr. Mohammad, who does not understand english at all. Sometimes, it's fun to communicate with him directly with signs & actions.

This time, I came decided to taste foreign cuisines unlike cooking myself in the past. I have got the Asian options of Chinese & Thai cuisines to choose from. Also, having the Indiana pizza for the change is a bonus. So, I am all set to manage without Indian food.

Next weekend, I am planning to visit Stockholm, reachable within 1.5 hrs by train.

I am able to manage chilling weather, non-indian food, peoples around & the work pretty well. So, the overall experience has been good so far.

UR’s Ni3