If you visit a Swedish family for a weekend, don’t be surprised if they give you tacos for dinner. Don’t mistake it for the Mexican dish with the same name. There are of course several similarities between the Mexican and Swedish versions, but someone from Mexico would probably not agree […]
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Today is not an ordinary day. No, it’s the Swedish Cinnamon Roll Day. Or maybe you know it as the cinnamon bun. A dear child has many names. So, 4 October is the Swedish Cinnamon Roll Day. This day has been celebrated since 1989 and the aim is to commemorate the […]
Yesterday evening we returned to where the adventure started about three weeks ago – Vagnhärad. Our car has now taken us from Sweden to France and back. It has been a great trip with many interesting stops along the road. We will try to summarize it better later on, here […]
We have finally left Sweden and are currently on a ferry on our way to Travemünde in Germany. The ferry left Malmö a little over an hour ago. We arrived in the harbor half an hour before the check-in opened and had to spend some time waiting. Luckily it wasn’t […]
We notice that the nights are getting darker as we drive through Sweden. We have spent quite a few hours in the car since we left Vagnhärad. Now it’s time to say Good Morning Landskrona! This is our last stop before we reach Malmö, from where we will continue to the continent. […]
It is soon time to go. We have been waiting for quite some time now to go on our trip – it’s been too long since we were abroad! The last few days we have been visiting Jesper’s parents here in Vagnhärad and it is from here that we will start […]
Are you looking for a cozy day trip in the Stockholm area? A place where you can dip your toes into the sea and enjoy delicious ice cream? There are several small towns near the Swedish capital Stockholm that are worth a visit. Vaxholm is one of these towns and it […]
Today we saw a small portion of Swedish history when we walked to Lundby and the rune stone in Sund. We have been spending the weekend at my parents in Vagnhärad and for once we have been quite lucky with the weather. The sun has been shining more than usual, […]
Trosa is one of the towns that we will visit quite often this summer. Today was our first visit this year, so we took the chance to spend a few hours to enjoy the sunshine and meet my grandparents. All in all, it was a really nice day. Today is also […]
We have been visiting my parents in Vagnhärad for the weekend. The weather has not been on the better side until this evening. So once little A was satisfied we joined my mother out to lake Sörsjön, which is quite close by. It was time for the family dog to enjoy […]
Last Friday was a wonderful sunny day and we took the possibility to visit the open-air museum here in Stockholm – Skansen. It is actually the world’s oldest open-air museum and it’s located on beautiful Djurgården. The interesting thing about Skansen is that it also includes a zoo, with mainly […]
Something special happened last night in Cologne, Germany. It was time for the final of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The teams representing Canada and Sweden were on the ice. I was of course up watching the game, enjoying the battle game between the two teams. As result, I and quite […]