Tag: Sweden
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Voodoo bathroom
There are only 3 bathrooms at work for our floor of around 60 people so with all of the coffee drinking around here I am sometimes forced to use the […]
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No one here but us chickens
Leo has the chicken pox this week. At the moment it is my turn to be home with him a couple of days. Lucky for me, this is also the […]
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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 right choice for most of the grandmothers I know.
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Wednesday Morning Subway Ride -or- How Diseases Are Spread
A little re-cap of my Wednesday morning subway ride: 7:31- Trapped in crowded subway tube next to child coughing up a lung. Apparently a side effect from all that coughing […]
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TAKE IT!
One of the cultural differences I noticed when I moved to Sweden is that Swedes will never take the last of anything. If you attend a Swedish party, by the […]
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Jeeves
One of the political parties in Stockholm wants to have butlers in the subway. My idea when I read the headline was that he would follow each person around, carry […]
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Spooky sunbathing
Took a walk today at lunch through a graveyard. I’ve always thought it was creepy that they built a hospital across the street from a graveyard. Half of the patient […]
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Volcano!!!!!
I really never thought I’d be living somewhere where a volcano could disrupt my activities. A volcano in Iceland has been spreading volcanic ash in a cloud over part of […]
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Madness
In case you don’t live in Stockholm and were wondering what it was like earlier this week to fight off half a million people for buses when they shut down […]
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Winter Olympics
I’m hearing a lot about the Winter Olympics going on, but it can’t possibly be as exciting as my own personal Winter Olympics going on each day. I have to […]
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My hovercraft is full of eels
I saw a paper yesterday for new students coming to Sweden. It gives helpful phrases they may need to know in Swedish. There were only about 20 phrases. The best […]
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Snow Chaos!!!!
The news reported yesterday that we were going to get a little snowstorm today with another foot of snow. It’s been advised that people should stay indoors if possible and […]
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Artic Drift
I’m reading a book right now called Artic Drift. It’s a great book but I’m starting to question whether this was the right time of year to read it. All […]
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Icicle of Doom
My son thought he heard Santa Claus this morning up on our roof. I didn’t think about it very much until I went outside and realized that there were several […]
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News of the Weird
I picked up the Swedish paper this morning and had to ask myself, why is there a train full of virgins going to Moscow? After careful reading I finally realized […]
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Watch your language
I am usually very careful about the expressions I use around people who don’t have English as a first language, but I slipped up earlier this week. A woman was […]
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I want!
I’ve noticed that the woman at the reception desk at the swim hall always looks at me as if I’m an alien when I ask to swim. I’ve thought about […]
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Issue one – Soup
I’ve been trapped in the house for a week now. I’ve noticed when you don’t get outside, your world gets a bit smaller. Today I will entertain you with the […]
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The Stand
Spent some time at our local hospital this morning. When you walk in, the walls are plastered with flourescent orange papers announcing, “WE ARE OUT OF VACCINE!” I thought it […]