Water in Sweden
OK, one thing lead to another…. Spa the other day. Flooding champagne. Yesterday visiting my Mom at the elderly home - there was tears of joy which later was exchanged for tears of sadness when we had to leave.
All different kind of water though.
What post to write when you’ve done absolutely nothing except from staring at the raindrops right now?
And this brain po(o)ps out this:
We have a lot of water here in Sweden. No surprise? But did you know that we have around a hundred thousands of lakes in this little country? (Heck, I was surprised over the numbers too!) On top of that we also have about six thousands of other watercourses.
Swedens land mass is about the size of California, just to give you something to compare it with.
Around Stockholm we have both the archipelago’s (one of the worlds largest) with about thirty thousands of islands and the sweetwater lake Mälaren, which actually provides us with our fresh water too.
The fresh water is really good here, but I have to admit: the most excellent water we’ve tasted was in Iceland! Nothing beats their water from the wells or the glaciers. The purest of pure with no taste at all.
I’m strange when it comes to water. Yes, as everything else I can hear you say. *lol* What about it then?
I love to be in the water, but to drink it? No, no. I’ve never been drinking much water, but I guess the time when I drank too much of it just did it to me.
That was in high school. I was exhausted after a long walking day in the sun and probably had too much to drink. Of water. I got sick and throw up. Ever since I have this issue with drinking water, feeling it splashing around in my stomach making me ill. Yes, it’s silly, but hey, it’s me.
You can actually get toxicated if you drink too much water in a short time, but at the same time we have to have it to survive. What a contradiction. You have to balance the amount of water you drink.
There is a Swedish word for it that doesn’t have it’s equivalence in english: Lagom. It means just enough or with moderation.
There is some really fun ways of using water though, as in water wars - the only war I care to participate in!!!!
*splashing a water balloon on you*
Oooops, did you get wet? *giggling hysterically*
(…waiting for the revenge act of yours…)
