New Year In Sweden

I have been in Sweden now for 5 days, its very cold but not as cold as it normally would be. We are at present minus 6C but normally you would expect minus 15C. Neither have I seen any of the white stuff although the rivers and lakes are starting to freeze up. I am really hoping it will snow before I return to Blighty.
At midnight on New Years Eve we set off fireworks and popped a bottle of champagne, but actually I did miss the complete madness of a British New Years Eve party. Auld Lang Syne, The Conga, party poppers the remains of which can be found under the furniture for months to come! The more I travel the more I realize that England is a wonderful place to live, and that had I not been lucky enough to be born English I may not have had the opportunity to travel and see other places, as I do now. One thing is for sure it's always great to get home!