Last year I experienced my first full blown Swedish Christmas. This year we decided to take a trip across the pond to visit my family in Montana. I didn’t want my Swede to feel homesick, so we brought some things to make it a Swedish Christmas as well. First off, I wanted to bring something … Read more
This post was written in November 2011. So far there has been no recorded snowfall in Sweden. For Norrland, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t white! Over the weekend the temperature dropped below 0C multiple times. And with the mist in the air, what did we get? Frost, everywhere! It was one of the most … Read more
One of my favorite things about fall, after Halloween of course, is mushroom picking. If any of you grew up like I did, you might remember being told to never eat wild mushrooms! However, this of course is not true! You just can’t eat all wild mushrooms. I first came across mushroom picking in the … Read more
So in the beginning of September we went down to Stockholm, not only to enjoy awesome city food, but also to pick up my parents for this year’s moose hunt. Unfortunately due to the hurricane in the U.S., their flight was delayed by 5 days! So what were we to do? We decide to take … Read more
So, one of the great things about Sweden, compared to the Czech Republic at least, and a lot of European countries, is that TV is for the most part in English. Well, it is in the original language of the programming, making by default most movies and TV shows in English. Its awesome. However, there … Read more
Åhhhh, it is so good to be back in Sweden! And Norrland! No more summer nights. Coffee and bullar. People sucking in air to say yes. Can you ask for more? On my way back, I decided to take my time and drive through the country a bit. Since the ferry landed in Trelleborg, my … Read more
After being away from Sweden way too long, it is time for me to head home… Thank you Rob for celebrating Swedish Midsummer with me by having some Swedish cider… Thank you Anna for pointing out that you can get Swedish cider in Prague… Thank you Jorgen for having Czech gulash and beer for breakfast… … Read more
So what does a girl do when she is gone from Sweden for two months? She brings Sweden to her! Luckily for me I have some fabulous friends up in Skellefteå, and when I told them about how awesome Prague was (and how cheap the beer was) they had to come down to see it … Read more
After 5 hours of driving south, I’m still in Norrland. Geez, I life far up north! Thanks to CouchSurfing.org , I was able to find a place to sleep in a small town not to far from Sollefteå (not to be confused with where I live, Skellefteå) called Skadom. I was pleasantly surprised to find … Read more