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#125 Summer Stories Part One

Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
#125 Summer Stories Part One
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In this special summer edition, we find out how former guests Adam from Australia, Matteo from Argentina and Diana from Latvia spend their summers, both in Sweden and around the world.

#56 A Patrick for Saint Patricks Day

Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
#56 A Patrick for Saint Patricks Day
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Patrick was born in Detroit to Irish parents and has been in Sweden 3 years. We talk about Detroit, Swedish...

Wax on, wax off

Yesterday was Lucia day here in Sweden, the holiday where we celebrate St. Lucia and the light in the darkness...

Valborg

Today is Valborg.  This is the holiday in Sweden where people build bonfires to burn off the winter branches to...

Watch out for witches

Well, it’s Easter Thursday again here in Sweden, so I feel it is my duty to inform you once again...

Why can’t we be more Czech

Last winter, our family went to Prague for the Christmas market.  We discovered a wonderful thing about Christmastime there –...

All hail the mighty cinnamon bun!

One of the best things about Sweden is all the pastry-themed holidays.  Today is Cinnamon bun day!  When I asked...

Discount Airlines

Let me tell you a little story about a trip we took on one of these discount airlines.  To protect...