Semla is made from a wheat bun spiced with cardamom. The bun is hollowed out and filled with some sort of almond paste and whipped cream. Then the top of the bun is put on as a lid and covered in powdered sugar. I'm not really sure what is the best way to eat it. Wikipedia says some people eat it in a bowl of hot milk. When I was buying it in the bakery (the entire conversation was in Swedish!) there were some girls who just picked it up and ate it. It's alright. They seem to be very popular. There was a line-up at the bakery of people buying them. And one person had even pre-ordered some.
We've still got lots of snow. (It did melt for a couple of days.) Thankfully, we're in the bearable cold (read: warmer than -10C). For a few weeks we were around -20C. The last couple of days it's been doing this:
And yes, (crazy) people still ride their bikes. And yes, the guy who's closest is riding a unicycle. I was quite impressed.
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