Tag: celebration

• April 30, 2021Blog, Uncategorized

  Burn the winter away!

  Valborg burns everything away. Winter, cold and viruses.

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  #41 Listen or the Babaroga Will Get You

  It’s the time of year for Serbian tales of vampires, the Babaroga and Nikola Tesla! Jelena fills us in on this, plus we discuss the Swedish birthday song and ‘Swedish […]

• December 31, 2015Uncategorized

  A quiet New Year’s Eve

  I’m not sure if it’s age or lack of sun, but almost everyone I know in Stockholm (including me) just wants to spend a quiet New Year’s Eve with their […]

• July 4, 2015Uncategorized

  4th of July in Texas

  It’s that time of year again! 4th of July – and we’re spending it in Texas. Let me write the equivalent of a school essay to help explain the 4th […]

• June 22, 2015Uncategorized

  Midsommar and EVIL Midsommar

  This past weekend, we celebrated Midsommar here in Sweden. It’s a celebration of the longest day (though that’s actually yesterday, I believe), where Swedes dance around a Maypole like frogs…. […]