Month: November 2018
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Life is a Highway, but not on park trails
I got pulled over for the first time in Sweden this past weekend. Ok, I MAY have been driving on a bike trail, but I had a very good reason. […]
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What to do when the Queue Machine is Broken
New episode of the podcast is up! As you can see from the title, we tackle a question that many Swedes struggle with – what to do when the queue […]
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New pet… this one breathes!
We got a cat this week! The kids are overjoyed. They say it’s a lot more fun than their last pet, Rocky.
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Goat on Fire and weird pizza toppings
My latest podcast episode about living in Sweden is up – A discussion of weddings in Sweden, strange toppings on Swedish pizza and why setting a 43-foot tall straw goat […]
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Climbing Clown
On our recent trip to Estonia, I left my family in a small shop filled mostly with Russian souvenirs and trinkets, which went along well with the very Russian man […]
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Smoked beaver? Anyone?
The menu at a Russian restaurant in Tallinn. Smoked beaver on the appetizers… Bear meat stroganoff on the main courses… Bear meat dumplings..
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Root Beer is NOT Disgusting – episode 2
Another episode of my podcast is up. I talk with a friend from California. We discuss the new “Museum of Disgusting Food” in Sweden, which apparently includes root beer. I […]
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Booze Cruise
We took a short trip to Tallinn, Estonia this week on what some people call a “Booze cruise.” In Stockholm, there are several short trips you can take by ship […]