best husband ever

I have the best husband in the entire universe.

For our three year, we´ve been together, anniversary he surprised me with a trip to the city of Göteborg (Gotenburg) in Sweden. I had no idea - this man has been so super busy with work these past few week I figured we were going to go out in Aarhus and try the raw food restaurant, Raabar, down by the canal but we'll save that for another day as Sweden topped that idea.

The trip began with a hangover, three and a half hours of sleep, Michael on our couch (a work colleague), and nine hours of travel by train and then the Stena Line ferry - we were glad we didn't waste a day sleeping off a Julfrokost (Christmas lunch that lasts through dinner and nearly sunrise). It was Sean's work Juleforkost and there was plenty of Gløgg, schnapps, and a keg of beer to be drunk before bed.

The hotel Sean booked required you call a head to reconfirm your stay at which point they text you the door code and room number. It was then that I found out that my Danish phone number does not receive texts while in Sweden. We were very lucky to meet a fellow hotel stayer at the door of the hotel who knew the code and thankfully the information had also been sent to Sean's email so we didn't have to sleep on the streets like that time in Heidelberg, Germany. 

The first surprise consisted of a visit to the Julemarked (Christmas Market) that was inside of the Liseberg Amusement Park. It was full of fake snow, a mini petting zoo, an ice rink, and plenty of shops to see and sweets to be sampled. It really gave us the feeling of Christmas. On our way home we stumbled upon a vegetarian fast food joint and crammed our hungry bellies, the hangover left us empty, with fake meat, chips, and a variety of dips.

The second surprise consisted of a trip to the annual outdoor Christmas hockey match. Sean had another surprise up his sleeve, he had booked the Julmatchen 2013 annual outdoor Christmas hockey match. It was quiet a site to see rain on the ice which postponed the match by thirty minutes but the rain stopped and the game went on. Unfortunately, the home team lost but I cheered for every goal made.

On the final day we enjoyed a vegetarian brunch buffet and being together in a new city exploring, we checked out the various neighbourhoods around the city, wandered into Danish shops, drank cappuccinos, and tried to keep our feet dry without success.

Not even a week went by before Sean surprised me again with my Christmas present - a trip for two to the Canary Islands. 

Like I said in the beginning, best husband ever (at least in 2013).