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Typical traffic problems
Got an email from my mom in Texas today. She said there wasn’t much happening…. oh except an alligator on the highway bridge (and a loose cow on the highway on the other side of town). So I went to check the Houston news and luckily they had this useful video about what to do … Read more
Latest episodes
I sometimes forget to post about my podcast here as I post about it in other places, so a little spring promotion: So far in 2021, we’ve had guests from Taiwan, Dubai, Canada, England and more. Every one of them has moved to Sweden sometime in the past 5 years (if I remember correctly…. but … Read more
The new subway cars are here! The new subway cars are here!
I may be a little late to this news, because as I mentioned a couple of posts back, there’s been NOWHERE to go and NOTHING to do, so I haven’t been on public transportation as much as usual. But the big excitement this week is that I got to ride on one of the new … Read more
Hello. My name is Hedvig. You typed my name wrong. Prepare to bowl.
This is what happens when the Swedish bowling alley attendant insists on typing in the players names themselves before you get your lane. For those who don’t know, my name is Heather.
Waking up from hibernation
Took a bit of a break from the blog because in these times…. THERE’S NOTHING HAPPENING! By the way, I am so sick of the phrase “in these times.” It’s on every business door and webpage. Look, we KNOW why you’re only letting 9 people in at a time, you don’t have to keep throwing … Read more
The laziest family
My son has a friend over. The cat’s robot feeder activates and my son explains that the robot feeds the cat so we don’t have to. Immediately after this, the roomba vacuum starts up for its daily cleaning of the house. This kid must think we are the laziest family ever. Wait until I yell … Read more
Ingen reklam, tack
Today on our podcast on Sweden, we talk about postal delays, movie theaters re-opening and aqueducts. We also shine a spotlight on Håverud and learn that the Norwegians have been walking among us! Available wherever you get your podcasts, or at: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yytplhnk iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/y4lap5mh Main site: https://iceandsnow.se/podcast/68-ingen-reklam-tack/
A common problem
I don’t even remember what I was originally looking up anymore. Apparently, other Google searches were way more popular.
Coat Strategy
This week on the podcast, Mark, from Minneapolis, puts a spotlight on Vreta kloster, denying his involvement with thousand year old skeletons found there. We also ask, “Really, what’s up with Swedish pizza?”Available wherever you get your podcasts, or at: Spotify – https://tinyurl.com/y4bnv8rw iTunes – https://tinyurl.com/y2jlu5ha Main site – https://iceandsnow.se/podcast/67-coat-strategy/ FM Player – https://player.fm/series/life-in-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/ep-67-coat-strategy Podbean … Read more
Being short in Sweden
This is me trying to use the peephole on the door in my Swedish hotel room.
At least they wore a “mask”!
“Transportation officials in the UK have warned commuters not to use live snakes as face coverings, after a bus passenger was spotted with a large reptile wrapped around his head. “While there is a small degree of interpretation that can be applied to this, we do not believe it extends to the use of snakeskin … Read more