Good night from the night train

They took a night train, Snälltåget, back from Åre to Lund. It took about 14 hours. Except for the network connections, everything went well. Twins wanted to watch song contest and streaming stopped several times because of the network condition. This photo was taken just before they went to bed.

Night train home

They enjoyed the last day and now on their way home with the night train. It left on time at 18:50 from Åre.

Happy birthday twins

Twins turned seven today. They wanted to make this cat ice cream cake. It turned out to be pretty good although it was very difficult to make its whiskers. Time flies. They are already seven!

Björnlandet: the bear country

The area they are staying in Pre is called Björnen. That is the bear in English. One of the slopes has different kinds of bears and this is the one that the bears are enjoying sauna.

Coco-chan got a medal

When going downhill, they found this event. So Coco-chan joined and got a medal from Åre mascot Valle. Good job! Unfortunau, QP-chan got tired and went home early and missed the event.

At Åre station

Twins finished skiing earlier I'm the afternoon and came to town by bus with Pingu. The main purpose was to buy semla as it's Shrove Tuesday today. There was a dental office doing promotion and they got these balloons.

Rainbow circle

Momo-chan and Pinga found this rainbow circle around the sun. It's unusual to see.

Off piste Momo-chan

It was sunny and Pinga got to ski with Momo-chan. He took her to off piste skiing he has been doing with his newly made friends. It was fun but too much rocks surfacing for Pinga's taste.

Drawing hus buddy

QP-chan went to bed unusually early at 19:30. Coco-chan is drawing hus favourite friend Robalin.

Åre bergbana

There is a funicular called Åre bergbana to go down to Åre village. So they took it to have lunch in the village.

Long queues at lifts

It's Monday but many people on the slopes. They all came to Åre side from Björnen. Åre side is nice as there are chair lifts. Björnen side has almost all T-bar and single person bar. As you can see in the photo, queue was long everywhere.

Last run

While Momo-chan was skiing with Pingu on Åre slopes, twins and Pinga practiced on Björnen side. They took an afternoon break but back on the slope again at 15:30. The lifts stop at 16:30. This photo was taken at 16:15.

Day one of skiing

Twins were a bit scared at the beginning but after a couple of slopes, they were fine.

Ready to go to bed

The compartment can take up to six people. Momo-chan decided to sleep up above and QP-chan in the middle. Coco-chan insisted that he sleep with Pinga on the bottom bed. Momo-chan got warm and came to the bottom level in the end.

Snälltåget

It was stormy and Pinga was worried if the train ran as planned but it came. So they got on this night train and now on their way to Åre.

Preparing for ski trip

Here are twins trying out goggles. They are very excited for the trip.

Stockholm central station

Pinga was done with the intense two day SAFe course and finally on the ay home. She thought the station is nice and colourful and took this photo. But the trip home was a tough one as the x2000 train was shakey and Pinga got seriously motion sick.

Stockholm from up above

Pinga was flying to Stockholm from Copenhagen. When approaching to Stockholm, she could see icy water and fjords. But it was unusually warm with 6 degrees in Stockholm.

Football twins

As usual, Sunday starts with football training. They were in Södra Sandby joining the training. They sometimes became mischievous but overall, they did a good job.

Japanese school

As usual, twins were at the Japanese school. Pinga observed lessons today. This was their lunch break. They were watching a video clip of Shogi cats.

Forehead tattoo QP-chan

QP-chan loves to go and play with her friends who are twins. She came back with this tattoo on her forehead.

Dinner time

Pinga looked back and Inez was sitting together with Coco-chan. Coco-chan was making space for her as she doesn't move. Dinner was udon noodle and maybe she wanted some?

Two teeth gone

QP-chan came back from gymnastics course with one less tooth. She was eating lunch with very unstable tooth. So Pingu pulled it out. Then she looked like this. They were the third and fourth child teeth that came out.

Icy playground

At the Japanese school, twins were playing with their classmates at the break. It was sunny but very cold and puddles were frozen.

On the way back home, Coco-chan was dancing on the ice. 

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To Copenhagen

It's Saturday so they are on their way to the Japanese school. Breakfast on the train and then homework.

Ceramic studio again

Momo-chan and Pinga went to paint ceramics again in Malmö. It's run by Pinga's friend. Momo-chan did excellent job painting this pot. Pinga is thinking of using it in the kitchen. They are looking forward to seeing their work after being baked.

Origami teacher QP-chan

QP-chan said to Pinga she'd like to teach her how to make a box. Here she is showing her how to do it. She was a good teacher and Pinga was impressed.

Cute demons

February second is Setsubun in Japan. It's to celebrate one day before the spring. They throw soybeans to demons to keep evilnout of the house.

Bookmarks

Here's QP-chan happily showing Pinga the bookmarks she made at school. Coco-chan worked on stop motion movie.