My First Hockey Game in Sweden

Hockey! I really started to enjoy watching hockey when I was living in Sweden. I love sports where everyone is enthusiastic, and in Skellefteå hockey is a big attraction. So big, they have a fast food meal named after them! I mean, Skellefteå AIK kicks butt, winning second place last year and getting into the … Read more

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A Swedish Wedding

Last Saturday I had the awesome chance to attend a Swedish wedding of my amazing friends Anna and Jörgen in Västerbotten. And all in all it was an amazing experience! As most weddings go, they were running around getting things ready a few days before and ended up taking off work to get everything done. … Read more

Anticipating a Swedish Wedding

So today I’m off to Sweden! First some fun in Stockholm, including the Swedish Freak meet up, and then off to Skelleftea. Not only will I have time to catch up with my friends I haven’t seen for 9 months, but I will be going to a proper Swedish wedding! I’m super excited. Not only … Read more

Skellefteå’s Christmas Market

Snow? Check. Panicked shoppers? Check. Christmas cheese? Check! With Christmas only 6 days away, there is a buzz in the air. Over the weekend a friend and I decided to check out some of this buzz by stopping by Skellefteå’s Christmas market. Now I’ve been to my share of Christmas markets. Prague loves to have … Read more

Karlstad’s Water Tower

While in Karlstad, the city with the bestest water in Sweden, we went on a lovely little tour of one of the water towers. I must say, it was quite impressive, even just from the outside… The first thing that I noticed when entering was the typical, Swedish fika, and this time completely free! The … Read more

Impressive Swedish Libraries

Because I didn’t have time to study Swedish full time with my full time job, I decided to go down to the local library and check out some books, perhaps see if they have any programs in Swedish going on. Now, first off the selection of books in English is pretty impressive for a small … Read more