Danger! Jellyfish

Today at the sea, there were so many jellyfish and new jellyfish. As I was walking to the dock there was a man taking a photo of the area. I asked if he was going to swim, and he said yes. So I said, “yea, I’ll swim with you.” He is visiting Sweden from the Netherlands with his dude. When we got to the dock he did not like the look of the many jellyfish. There were maybe ten of them floating just near the ladder.  I assured him that it was safe, that I had been swimming with them

Hammarsbadet

August 23, 2023 Weds, 5:22pm  Today at the lake, I swam in the Baltic Sea for the first time. I’ve been so antsy to swim the past 10 days, while also knowing it would be a wait because of traveling and because of jet lag. Now that I’m at my residency I can swim whenever I want. I really needed a swim because I’ve been a little uptight about some of the details here. Helps to get some exercise.  First, I had to bike to the Hammarbadet, the beach, on the three-speed bike my residency has for me to use