Sweden takes its semlor seriously.
Take a peek into a Swedish workplace on Fat Tuesday and discover that the only acceptable topic for discussion is SEMLOR!
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.
The Swedish Halloween report
From having no pumpkins or celebrations for kids when I moved to Sweden over 20 years ago, Halloween has improved.As...
How I try new foods
When you can’t speak the language correctly, you never know what you might get.
Latest episodes
I sometimes forget to post about my podcast here as I post about it in other places, so a little...
Ingen reklam, tack
Today on our podcast on Sweden, we talk about postal delays, movie theaters re-opening and aqueducts. We also shine a...
Season 3 of the podcast
We are back! We catch up on our summer experiences, like broken toilets, meze for Midsommar and traveling in the...
This is not a “cake”!
Don’t be fooled, expats in Sweden. If you are offered a smörgåstårta at an event, this is NOT a cake!...
Podcast season finale episode
Before we take our summer break on our podcast about expats in Sweden, we talk to Anna, from Russia. She...
Vegetables are Green Things
On episode 59 of the podcast…. Zayna, from California, enjoys the literal translations of Swedish words, like grönsaker, gives us...
Quarantine 2 – Electric Boogaloo
This week on the podcast, I check in with Monica, who basically thinks quarantine feels the same as moving to...
Podcast quarantine episode #57!
Special Quarantine episode! Learn about restrictions in Stockholm public transport, tips for things to do when stuck at home and...
Difference in stores
While we were in Budapest, we visited 3 or 4 grocery stores just to see if they had some fun...
Back from Budapest
My husband and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in Budapest! We had a great time. Surprisingly, no virus-related...
#56 A Patrick for St. Patrick’s Day!
Patrick was born in Detroit to Irish parents and has been in Sweden 3 years. We talk about Detroit, Swedish...