April in Paris

Doris Day dreamed about spending April in Paris. She imagined sitting in sun-filled sidewalk cafés surrounded by gardens with flowers in bloom. Poor Doris - Mother Nature didn't comply, and her April in Paris was grey, soggy, and cold.

I'm wondering what April in Göteborg is going to look like. We're all ready for Spring. Saturday, most of the cafés put out their sidewalk tables, and the conservatory-builders are busy putting all the glassfronts back out on the fronts of restaurants on the Avenue. Any day it's sunny (like it is today), Swedes stop to sit on any available bench or staircase and soak in the sunshine. But yesterday we had flurries...

So, do I dare put the patio furniture back out on the balcony, or is that like washing the ski jackets anytime before June - tempting fate? My rainboots stand at the ready as do the flipflops. 4 days 'til April....