Swedish summer top 10!
We have been having a wonderful, wonderful summer! It's been so much fun and here are my top 10 reasons why I am loving Summer in Sweden!
Posts from the ‘Living in Sweden’ Category
Jul 11
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That’s one big vagina.
One of my most favourite places in Stockholm is the most wonderful Modern Museum. Situated on the easily accessable little island of Skeppsholmen, it houses some of the world's finest collections of modern art. It also houses what I consider to be, Stockholm's best brunch. No wonder I like it there.
Magic Midsummer!
Complete with it’s own castle and lake, Tyresö park made the perfect choice for our Extreme Swedish Midsummer celebrations. Everyone else in Stockholm thought so too, so the park was packed with thousands and thousands.
The Super Nanny
“So, you know that Stockholm isn’t an outer suburb of Sydney, but the capital of Sweden?” - yes, she said she remembered where it was. “So, you’re going to take a month off work, travel 24,000 km’s away, sit on a plane for 32 hours and then take care of the kids, one of which speaks predominately Swedish?”
Lou Lou Loves a Chat!
Lou Lou Loves a Chat - episode 1: Discover six important signs that spring is coming to Sweden, what words Tina and Lou feel should be added or deleted from the English language and why there is a need for a national Australian Dying Abroad Day.
Big Love for Little Valentines
With Valentine's Day now right around the corner, I've scoured the depths of the internet to find some great gift ideas for the real love of our lives, the little ones that surround us.
A very Swedish Christmas – part 3
Glazed ham, sausages, meatballs, red cabbage, herring, herring and herring are all washed down with a gift from St Schnapps – patron saint of the drunken bastard.
A Very Swedish Christmas – part 2
This is the day appointed for Lucia, the Italian patron saint of light, to arrive at dawn and spread some Mediterranean cheer into the deep darkness of the Nordic winter. Her arrival is to remind everyone that the warmer months are just around the corner.
The Snow Warrior
But these thoughts were all in a split second and soon my mind was onto other more important things then Grade 2 storm warnings, like boiling water to make a cup of tea.
Extreme Christmas
So just why do I love Xmas so much? Of course there is the spirit of giving, spending time with family and friends, enjoying long held traditions and that bit about Jesus being born, but I much prefer the spending of money and the eating of sugar
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