To have a Swedish day

2:nd of Advent and today we baked Swedish saffron buns and a saffron cake, a favourite. We then spent the afternoon at a friend's house enjoying more Swedish treats including the saffron cake and some panetone (one of the mums is half-Italian). Six children in total and all of them half-Swedish.

It was a lovely afternoon, and lovely to speak a bit of Swedish as I don't have many Swedish friends left in London. Most of them moved back home and I've been a bit too lazy to engage in the Swedish community and the Swedish church.

Arrived home having that warm fuzzy feeling, (and it wasn't only the glögg = Swedish mulled wine) after having been talking, eating, joking, laughing and making new acquaintances, with lots of kids running around. A bit of pre-Christmas bliss.

Saffron buns but not with the customary raisins as M and I decided we don't actually like them very much...Rebels we are.

The Saffron cake