In a world of postponed traveling plans, it might be the best time to remember and go through your past travels. Making a mental list of travels “to do” when we can go again. “What’s the most memorial adventure while hitchhiking in Sweden?” Is often asked to me by curious Swedish who haven’t yet explored […]
Winter in Sweden
Winter clothing for children
It’s time for winter! Lots of children are expecting it enthusiastically as well as parents. They want to go out and play in the snow. But winter is not only about the feeling of snow falling from the sky. I am not trying to diminish your excitement, but in recent years it has been less […]
Fall in love with the dark season in Sweden
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 […]
Getting Through December
The clocks have gone back, the winter tyres are going on, Christmas is some way off – how best do you get through December which can be the most challenging month in Sweden? In expat circles, December chatter about impending snowstorms, months of darkness ahead, winter vomiting bugs and other nasties can make you feel […]