Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow

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Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
#118 Sister Act
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  • #118 Sister Act

    #118 Sister Act

    Mar 20, 2023 • 22:47

    This week we talk with two sisters who moved to Stockholm, both with very different journeys. And they both happen...

  • #117 My First Latvian

    #117 My First Latvian

    Mar 6, 2023 • 26:57

    Diana is most people’s first Latvian. And the podcast's first Latvian as well! She talks to us about dating in Sweden, Latvians around the world and more!

  • #116 Swedish Malicious Compliance

    #116 Swedish Malicious Compliance

    Feb 20, 2023 • 20:41

    Adam from Australia shares his suspicion of ice cream trucks that operate in the winter. What is really going on there?

Neighbor Wars

I’m convinced the upstairs neighbors put their faces to the floor and cough down to our apartment.  I’m also pretty...

Catch and Release

I’m currently trying to look up a way to get rid of fruit flies in the house so that I...

Slippery course

Today I will be spending 4 hours at a slippery course.  What is a slippery course, you say? It’s a...

New one for me

I’m looking though Singapore Airlines webpage and trying to fill in a form.  I have to say, all the airlines...

Overalls

Listening to Dexy’s Midnight Runners this morning. When is the adult blue-Jean overall coming back into fashion? It was actually...

Crazy hair old men

I was in a meeting today with an old man in a suit. He would have looked very sophisticated except...

Voodoo bathroom

There are only 3 bathrooms at work for our floor of around 60 people so with all of the coffee...

Millineum Grandma

Just checked Amazon’s “Gift Ideas for Grandma” section. They suggest the Millenium book series. I’m not really sure that’s the...

TAKE IT!

One of the cultural differences I noticed when I moved to Sweden is that Swedes will never take the last...

Jeeves

One of the political parties in Stockholm wants to have butlers in the subway.  My idea when I read the...

Spooky sunbathing

Took a walk today at lunch through a graveyard.  I’ve always thought it was creepy that they built a hospital...

Volcano!!!!!

I really never thought I’d be living somewhere where a volcano could disrupt my activities.  A volcano in Iceland has...

Madness

In case you don’t live in Stockholm and were wondering what it was like earlier this week to fight off...

ssons

I had to look up a person’s email address at a Swedish university.  I couldn’t remember the first name, only...

I’m so tired…..

I’ve been so tired this week.  I can’t seem to remember people’s names correctly.  But I’ve decided now that I’m...

Winter Olympics

I’m hearing a lot about the Winter Olympics going on, but it can’t possibly be as exciting as my own...

Tea

I came across a box of Russian tea the other day.  I thought, “Hmm…. what makes this tea Russian?”  So...