Malmö part 2 (24 Jan - 4 Feb 2022)

I started my second week in Malmö with a quick trip to the Turning Torso after work, taking a stroll through Västra Hamnen:

The Old Kockums building:

The Turning Torso:

Afterwards, I headed out to Limhamn to catch up with some good friends for dinner.

Tuesday was another laundry day, with a little bit of time for shopping to pick up a luggage scale - I was really starting to worry about the weight of all of my bags at this point. This time I booked two sessions at the laundry room, so I had plenty of time to get my clothes dried.

I snapped a couple of pictures on my walks:

Gustav Adolfs Torg (Part of the Fem fontäner och ett klot (Five Fountains and a Ball) sculpture by Sivert Lindblom in 2000):

The lighthouse at Västra Hamnen:

Wednesday was another quiet day - after a work and a quick shopping trip I ended up spending the evening relaxing in the hotel room, chatting to Kristine and watching TV. I did manage to snap a nice shot across the harbour to Malmö Live:

Thursday was pretty stormy so I did a quick shop at the Väatra Hamnen Maxi ICA and then spent a quiet evening at the hotel as the winds crashed around outside. It turns out that one of the cranes at Västra Hamnen was blown down and a large number of branches fell in the parks around Malmö.

I snapped a couple of pictures of the Turning Torso as the storm came in, but it was hard to hold the camera steady:

Some of the construction work around Maxi ICA

Turning Torso

After work on Friday I went to visit some friends for a curry meal and catch up.

Later that night, I started planning for my return flight on Wednesday. I packed my bags and weighed them all, booked my Covid-19 PCR test for Monday and was chatting to Kris on Messenger when I mentioned that while I'd had no symptoms I was concerned that the test would come back positive.  I'd bought some Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) from Maxi ICA as they were hard to get in Australia, so Kris suggested I do one myself for peace of mind.

I did the nose probe, and then used the dropper to place three drops on the test space. Kris and I watched as the liquid moved up the testing strip. A line in the T section within 15 minutes would indicate a positive. Within a second or two, the liquid had reached the test area and almost immediately a line appeared, darker than the test line:

So I'd managed to catch Covid. It wasn't a massive surprise as almost 1 in every 2 people I knew in Sweden had had Covid (we caught up when they finished isolating) either while I was there or just before I arrived. I had to cancel my formal PCR test and speak to work. I had to isolate for 5 days and have 2 days without symptoms and needed to wait 11 days before I was able to go for my formal travel test.  I was going to be in Sweden for an extra couple of weeks.

I tested again on Monday (day 3) and this time got a much lighter line - after the first few minutes I had a faint line:

But after 15 minutes it was obvious I had a positive - 

On Wednesday I finally got a clear test:

During the whole time I'd had no real symptoms, a slight runny nose (but that's normal when you go from inside at 22 degrees to outside at 3 degrees) and felt a little tired but nothing that made me feel like I might have been sick.

I spent the weekend watching movies and playing the Nintendo I'd brought with me. A friend dropped some groceries off at the hotel for me and I locked myself away in my room.

By Wednesday afternoon (my birthday) I'd finally completed my quarantine and returned a negative test, and I was keen to get out and move around outside of my room. I got my my laundry done and went for a walk around some parts of Malmö I remembered from our Expat trip, but which I hadn't visited so far, Kings Park and Malmö Hus.

Decorations were up in Gustav Adolfs Torg for Valentines day:

This was one of the first statues we'd seen in Kings Park when we first came over:

We'd played soccer here to get out of our temporary hotel:

Looking over at Malmöhus (Malmö Castle). The Castle was built in 1434 and rebuilt in the early 1500s. 

Some damage from the storms:

Everything in Malmö is close, but you need to keep your distance (Covid-19)

The ornamental gardens are not as impressive during winter...

Saint Johannes Church in Triangeln:

Triangeln (The triangle):

After finishing up my walk I headed to a friend's house to watch the new Bob Fett episode and catch up.  I took the chance to take a walk through our old streets in Limhamn.

Our old bus stop:

The park where we set off fireworks and where Cam and I played soccer:

And finally, the view from the bridge near my hotel on the way home:

Thursday (3rd Feb) was my first day back in the office and I spent the evening doing some shopping.  There was a lot of construction work going on around the Vasträ Hamnen Maxi ICA:

Friday, I had a long day at work and a relaxing afternoon at the hotel: