Tag: holiday

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  #125 Summer Stories Part One

  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.

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  #56 A Patrick for Saint Patricks Day

  Patrick was born in Detroit to Irish parents and has been in Sweden 3 years. We talk about Detroit, Swedish dog rules and of course St. Patrick’s Day!

• December 14, 2018Uncategorized

  Wax on, wax off

  Yesterday was Lucia day here in Sweden, the holiday where we celebrate St. Lucia and the light in the darkness this time of year. Two things fascinate me about this […]

• April 30, 2014Uncategorized

  Valborg

  Today is Valborg.  This is the holiday in Sweden where people build bonfires to burn off the winter branches to welcome in the spring (or something like that).  Personally, I […]

• April 17, 2014Uncategorized

  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 this year that Sweden will be filled with little witches […]

• October 12, 2012Uncategorized

  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 – they start selling hot wine at 10 in the morning! […]

• October 4, 2012Uncategorized

  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 why we have a cinnamon bun day, I was told […]

• October 3, 2012Uncategorized

  Discount Airlines

  Let me tell you a little story about a trip we took on one of these discount airlines.  To protect the airlines identity, I’ll call them Lyin Air. We chose […]