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Posts From: Sweden 2010

On Saturday, we had another nice evening. Fredrik invited Per, his close childhood friend, and Per’s sister Therese over to make and eat dinner with us. Per’s family actually lives next door. The four of us went grocery shopping together and then made pasta, garlic bread, and prepared strawberries for dessert with ice cream. Fredrik opened up a bottle of wine he’d been saving for my visit, so we enjoyed …continue reading

I had the most amazing experience in my life this afternoon. In Sweden, there is a family tradition of taking children to the candy store on Saturdays. Fredrik and I ventured into the largest candy store in Sweden, and it’s only appropriate for me to say that I looked like a kid in a candy store. The walls were lined with various gummies and chocolates, lollipops, and candybars, a treasure …continue reading

It has been a week since I arrived in Sweden; I can only hope that the second half of my visit will take its time and not hurry along to my departure. On Thursday, Fredrik and I took it pretty easy.  We drove down to Laholm to check out a Swedish castle which looks more like a French country estate palace than a castle with ramparts, etc. The castle is …continue reading

It’s a beautiful morning in Halmstad. The sun came out, and Eva served breakfast out on the patio.  What a nice spread (a smörgasbord, if you will): bread, butter, honey, salted herring, veggies, blueberry and nypon soups (more like thickened juices), grapefruit, hardboiled eggs, caviar in a tube (yes, like toothpaste), liver paste.  I asked if they normally eat outside; yes, they said, in the summer whenever the weather is …continue reading

Yesterday, I went out on my first, true sailboat (i.e. no motor, only wind power and rudder). Fredrik and I had gone down to the harbor on Tuesday, and although the sun was out, the wind was not. Yesterday’s weather provided perfect wind which made up for the lack of any sun. I was in charge of the foresail and was taught how to handle the sheets and to help …continue reading