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It’s, like, National Day or whatever
A lot of my posts over the last couple of months have had something to do with holidays, which might give you the impression that this country has a lot of random celebrations. This impression would be...
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A time for reflection, solemnity, celebration, and… municipal trucks?
It was a beautiful afternoon in Sweden. The sun was shining, and the streets were crowded with pedestrians. My sister and I were walking down Stora Södergatan in Lund, a very Main Street kind of area,...
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When eating flowers out of the garden is not just for unruly kids.
I don’t know how else to put this, but I’m sitting at my kitchen table drinking some kind of crazy flower-concentrate that I made myself from flowers I picked off a bush. A bush that was outdoors....
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5 Steps to Making Your Own Midsummer’s Head Wreath
If you saw my post over the weekend about how THE MIDSUMMER’S COUNTDOWN IS ON, you know that I’m pretty excited. One of the things I’ve been most excited about are the head wreaths. My Swedish friends...
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Happy Midsummer!
I started writing this last night in the quiet of my apartment, feeling a little like a child the night before Christmas. All the preparations for Midsummer were in order, there were certain tasks that...
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Oh, snap(s)… it’s Midsummer.
There’s no use trying to be delicate about this. A crucial part of the Midsummer festivities is the drinking. I’m trying very hard to sound very adult-like and responsible in this blog, but even the...
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Brief Update from Southern Sweden
My proper blog post is going up tomorrow, but I just had to share this story and video with you. I know that North America is currently besieged by a nasty heat wave, but here in Skåne (the...
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Cope With Summer Rain Like a Swede
I posted a brief update earlier this week about how the cold snap had ended and the sun was out and an evening canal boat just made my day by being too-cute-to-be-true. And then the next day the rains...
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Top 5 Money-Saving Tips for Traveling in Sweden
Despite not having an official vacation from work, I am in the middle of an amazing travel spree that has taken me to Helsingborg, Stockholm, and Båstad over the last three weeks, and this weekend I’m...
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