The first day in Umeå

The rumors saying that it would still be around 1 meter of snow up here showed up not to be really true, some decimeters are more correct. The snow piles are up to 3 meters high, though. It will take a while more until the spring arrives.
This small forest is just around hundred meters away from our new home. I would guess there will be cross country ski trails there during the winter, according to the man walking to the right in next picture.



Before noon Maria took the bus to our new apartment. The three-story apartment house is built in late 60s, but the appliances in the kitchen are just a few years old, which is nice.
Our apartment is a 3-room apartment of 85 m2, suitable with a bedroom, an office (with space for a temporary bed) and a living room. The kitchen is not big, but have space for a kitchen table at least.
A prerequisite for selecting this apartment, was to have biking distance to the university. It will take next week to find out the best/nicest biking path to work for Maria.

In the afternoon Maria met her new boss TM at work. Not much of work today, only paper work and introduction to some new people (in the best case she will remember them later). She will get her own office desk, in a small room together with three other girls (two of whom are on maternity leave right now).