It’s here. The season of searching for the light. Many newbies and long term expats remember their first winter season in Sweden. As we all more or less have experienced seasonal depression. Myself, I ‘caught’ it too. With humour, my SFI teacher introduced me to this darkness “illness” by saying: “Welcome to Sweden, you need […]
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This Side of Covid19
For a while now I wanted to write about living in Sweden during the Covid19 pandemic from a Newbie perspective. I hesitated doing so publicly for fear of being judged, criticized and shamed. If I am completely honest with myself, at the root of my wavering is a simple and obvious reason: guilt. As I […]
Departures
This post is written by Letty Moved by a personal episode, our observer considers human endurance in the face of disaster and the Doctor phobia of the male of the species. I know I am attempting to take a wry look at this crisis but something happened the other day which removed any possibility of […]
Don’t Stand So Close To Me
A beginner’s guide to The New Normal. Focusing on Stockholm, this is the first of three blogs written from a bemused Irish woman, as she attempts to understand the Swedish reaction to COVID–19.There are no answers, only observations. ” It’s a long road that has no turning. “ This blogpost was written by Letty. It’s […]
What Covid-19 has taught me about Sweden
Written by Hayu Hamemayu When you’re living in a foreign country, it feels like you’re living in two different worlds. As if you set your feet on two different places: your hometown and your current place. Consequently, you can’t stop wondering, comparing, and analysing, which one gives you the better fit. This makes you feel […]
