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Posts From: Daily Life

Anyone remember MTV’s show “Road Rules,” specifically their 8th season in which the cast spent a semester at sea, i.e. a school term on a cruise ship that sailed abroad? (For those of you unfamiliar, the Semester at Sea study program does exist.) I always thought the opportunity of studying while cruising around the world seemed much more like a vacation. Well, the Swedish word for vacation is semester. And …continue reading

First, having a full-time job and training for a half marathon five days a week is taking a toll on my other hobbies, this blog included. So how ’bout that about Super Bowl? I nearly forgot it was happening. But when I was reminded by a friend who going to make brats for the game, I started craving all of those delicious, bad-for-you foods found at Super Bowl parties that …continue reading

My Swedeheart and I have been sitting at the cruise ship terminal in Southampton, England for nearly four hours. I am lucky enough to have a good friend playing trombone on the ship’s band and can invite “family” on board for a fraction of the actual price, IF any rooms are available. For us, it is highly likely that I will be posting this write-up from somewhere in the Mediterranean …continue reading

I spent some time doing my Swedish homework at the library today, and for the hundredth time I was boggled by the noise level around me. Granted, there were small children coming in and out, but still, I think that even at a young age, Americans learn to be quiet when entering a library. These particular kids were running around and chasing each other. In addition, there were plenty of …continue reading

Swedes love to import American things: movies, music, TV shows, culture (Halloween is a fairly recent one but maybe to a fifteenth of the degree as it is back home). But they also like to export themselves there to experience all of this first-hand (“OMG, they do have yellow school buses and red fire trucks just like in the movies!”). I’ve been following a couple of blogs by Swedes who …continue reading