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Halloween is approaching! But you really wouldn’t know it if you were in Sweden. Thankfully, my eyes have not been ambushed by orange and black for the past month. No storefronts crowded with witch costumes and pumpkin-shaped candy buckets. No faux spiderwebs and dry ice to set the mood. Yet at the same time, I kinda miss it. I didn’t realize my deep longing for such a pointless “holiday” until …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

Not that I’ve posted any of Sweden’s bad ideas here before, but this deserves to be the first and latest. Remember those pictures of when you were maybe two or three years old and clad in those “onesie” outfits with the padded feet? Well, they’re all the rage here… for ADULTS! Yes, the apparently Norwegian-born fad of OnePiece, is infecting Sweden with each passing day. Last weekend, I saw one …continue reading

My parents made their first trip to Sweden last month. Over the course of three weeks, we spent time here in Gothenburg, down in Halmstad, and 10 days in Germany, the land of my dad’s ancestors. I had never been to Germany before this trip, but luckily for me, living in Sweden made the transition into figuring out the German lifestyle much easier. For example: Road signs are the same (perhaps …continue reading