The Podcast
Heather and her expat friends discuss their experiences and humiliations among their adopted country of Sweden. We discuss tips, observations, and the type of important questions expats want to know, such as “Why are there witches on Easter?”, “Why do Swedes never take the last piece of candy?” and “Where can I find decent Tex-Mex food?”.
The Blog
As an American living in Stockholm I’ve had lots of observations and questions about my adopted country of Sweden that I’ve been blogging about since 2009. I talk about the difficulties of finding a job, parenting, and horrible, horrible language mistakes.
Latest episodes
#144 Happy Cinco de Mayo from Sweden
To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we talk to Nannette, a Dietician from Mexico!
#143 Familiar but Foreign
Do you feel more at home in your new country, your old country, or neither one? We discuss growing and evolving in a different culture.
#142 Thriving in a New Culture
Jackie, from Barbados, works with training and coaching people living in a new culture.
Latest Posts
Valborg in Sweden: Burn the winter away!
For Swedes, Valborg represents burning away things like winter, cold and witches. Learn more about this odd tradition & why you should go.
Semla: The greatest of all Swedish pastries
There was once a Swedish king who died from eating 16 semlor. If you don’t control yourself, it might happen to you too.
Lost and Found in Stockholm
One thing that’s nice about Stockholm is that when you lose something, about 95% of the people will put it somewhere in the hopes that you will find it.