Tag: Sweden
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Happy Mardi Gras
Today is Mardi Gras! In Sweden, that means you have to eat one of these – a semla. Believe me, it’s totally equal to partying in New Orleans in terms […]
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Ikea day
I’m going to Ikea today, as every good Swede is required to do at least 4 times a year. I need to buy a bedside table, but I also need […]
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“Spring” break?
This week in Stockholm is spring break for kids in school. Actually, it’s not called spring break (for obvious reasons -since spring might not arrive until May), but “sport break.” […]
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Hibernation
When are the scientists going to realize that people in northern countries should really just hibernate all winter?
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My eyes!
This bright yellow ball pushed through our sky here in Stockholm yesterday. It seemed familiar, as though something from a long time ago, back when we didn’t wear coats. Some […]
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Shocking breaking news
This is definately a crisis for young Swedes. I’m glad this paper was brave enough to bring up this important issue.
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Make your own cheese!
This headline was in the Swedish paper this weekend. It says, “New trend: Make your own cheese in the fridge!” I think this child has captured my thoughts exactly on […]
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How do you expect me to cope with only 15 mo. off work?!
Today in our local paper, there is a letter written by a woman complaining that she wants to breast feed her child for 2 years and it’s UNFAIR that the […]
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If you buy this, you’re no friend of mine
Some American products are unavailable or hard to find in Sweden. It’s getting better, but we’re still missing alot or if you can find things, they are extremely expensive. I […]
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Pool halls – Stockholm vs. Texas marina
I went to play pool this week in Stockholm with one of my friends. I haven’t played in a while, so it was fun, plus we were evenly matched, which […]
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Attack on ice cream
Apparently a man was sentenced for drilling holes in the tires of an ice cream truck this past autumn because he couldn’t take the constant melody. “A prominent Swedish businessman […]
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No.
From online Swedish news site, the local. If I had to guess – someone just broke up with an Italian.
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Christmas Eve!
Today is Christmas Eve. This is the day we celebrate in Sweden. I plan to eat a ton of food, watch the Donald Duck Christmas special (yes, the whole country […]
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Swedish dinner
Tomorrow we celebrate Christmas in Sweden. This means a huge Christmas dinner (lunch actually). As you can guess, there are a lot of meatballs involved. Also sausages, ham and potatoes. […]
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In the news…
Ah, the Swedish news. This is fairly calm country so it’s always fun to read the news stories. Now you may say that this is a obbery and therefore not […]
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Subtitles
I like that Sweden subtitles their movies and keeps them in the original language. The only thing that’s annoying is that we all read the subtitles before the actor says […]
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The Christmas goat of Gävle
Every year, the Swedish town of Gävle builds a giant straw goat during December to celebrate Christmas (yes, they use goats here to celebrate Christmas.) This started in 1967 and […]
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Lucia day
Today is St. Lucia day in Sweden. I write about this every year. It’s the holiday where girls wear lit candles on their head and many sad parents have to […]
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Slogans
I noticed that most countries (at least in Europe) have some sort of slogan. At the airport, I saw, “I Need Spain” and “I Feel Slovenia.” This got my husband […]