Tag: Sweden

• January 31, 2019Uncategorized

  #11 Why not spend the winter building synthesizers?

  On this week’s podcast… Leo, from Los Angeles, makes his own synthesizers and shares his knowledge on his YouTube station LeoMakes. He also thinks Swedish coffee is the best and […]

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  #11 Why Not Spend the Winter Building Synthesizers?

  Leo, from Los Angeles, makes his own synthesizers and shares his knowledge on his YouTube station LeoMakes. He also thinks Swedish coffee is the best and is full of tips […]

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  #10 It Takes a Lot of Chocolate to Get Through a Dark Winter

  AnaMaria and Gustavo from Ecuador talk all about chocolate and how it’s made. We also discuss how it is to move from a year-round sunny and warm country to six […]

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  #7 We may have a Christmas goat, but Austria has Krampus

  On this very special Christmas episode, Clara from Austria compares some Swedish and Austrian Christmas traditions, we talk about the strange quirk Swedes have about not taking the last of […]

• 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 […]

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  #5 Julbord and Dog Sledding

  Melanie from Michigan tells us all about dog sledding, and we chat about Christmas markets and Julbord in Sweden.

• August 2, 2018Uncategorized

  I need some air, take out an organ

  Always take a shower in the morning! You never know what the day will bring. Example, a lazy day last week turned into an overnight stay at the hospital and […]

• December 15, 2017Uncategorized

  It’s like riding a bicycle

  I was talking to another parent in my son’s class about the weather being so snowy and icy outside that it was hard to walk anywhere without falling. The other […]

• December 6, 2017Uncategorized

  Bless this blow torch

  My husband was singing in a beautiful Advent concert that I attended this past weekend.  Everything was very tasteful, old-fashioned, Christmassy, etc., until the beautiful chandeliers were lowered and the […]

• November 24, 2017Uncategorized

  Svart fredag?

  For several years now, here in Sweden, I’ve been seeing stores advertise for “Black Friday.” It’s not the chaos of the U.S., but more regular type sales. As far as […]

• October 4, 2017Uncategorized

  Just because I SOUND like a caveman…

  This past weekend, I took a shortcut past a brand new tram stop that had not yet opened. A very confused looking woman asked me in Swedish when the next […]

• July 3, 2017Uncategorized

  Swedish ant bed

  I know they say everything is bigger in Texas, but when it comes to ant beds, I think Sweden is in the lead. These are what ant beds look like […]

• June 23, 2016Uncategorized

  Not everything is bigger in Texas

  A little nature lesson today. This is what ant beds look like in Sweden. They are made from pine needles in the forest and are enormous!    

• May 26, 2016Uncategorized

  Someday…

  “Someday, when the weather is better…” began my son the other day. “Um, the weather is sunny and beautiful outside,” I replied before he finished his sentence. A surprised look […]

• February 12, 2016Uncategorized

  Why Sweden is awesome

  Today’s news story in The Local about police letting a suspect go ‘because it’s Friday’ has inspired me to go back and put a list of other news stories (yes, […]

• January 20, 2016Uncategorized

  Boot blades

  If they can invent shoes where you can pop out wheels to roller skate, why can’t they invent winter boots where you can pop out blades to ice skate? It […]

• January 15, 2016Uncategorized

  -18c (-4F) Not fit for humans

  As my kids are going to school this morning, it is -18c here in Stockholm, Sweden. We haven’t seen temperatures this low for about 3 years when I was last […]

• November 30, 2015Uncategorized

  Typical Swedish neighborhood problems

  No, this time it’s not drunken moose, but a sledding contest at the nearby ski hill happening on January 30 that many people would like to stop. It’s called Fullka. […]

• November 3, 2015Uncategorized

  The airport in Sweden – what else did you expect?

  I took this at Arlanda airport in Stockholm last week when we returned from our trip.

• October 31, 2015Uncategorized

  A Swedish Halloween

  Happy Halloween all! We had a Halloween dinner last night at a friends’ house and the kids got to go trick-or-treating. That’s right – LAST NIGHT, October 30. But this […]