Immigration
Welcome to Sweden
A couple Tuesdays ago, I visited Skatteverket (the Swedish tax office) to apply for my personnummer. The personnummer is the Swedish equivalent of an American Social Security number. In Sweden, … Continue reading
The Immigrant
A lot of what makes for good writing is having the time to write. After spending most of 2009 in Sweden, I’ve been back in America since December. Since being … Continue reading
Alternate Reality Check
Is this thing on? Can you hear me? Testing, testing… Today’s report is being broadcast to you all the way from Kentucky, in the heart of God’s Great United States. … Continue reading
Secret Code: Are Swedes trying to keep Swedish to themselves?
As I’ve mentioned many times, most Swedish people speak perfect English and they love doing it. It’s the opposite of French people. The French can speak English with you but … Continue reading
Inescapable Freedom
Sometimes I feel like a lot of the material I write for this website is the same. It goes something like this: “Sweden is clean, quiet, beautiful and the people … Continue reading
Hervé Villechaize Language School
I heard a story a long time ago about Hervé Villechaize. He was the actor who played the character Tattoo on the television series Fantasy Island and was famous for … Continue reading
Party Crasher!
Awww, Louisville hasn’t forgotten me. Velocity Weekly, one of the city’s entertainment papers, has just published an article about me, the Metroschifter and Sweden. Written by the talented and funny … Continue reading
Uniquely American
Today, I’d like to talk about two huge financial systems in the United States and how they could maybe benefit from – once again – a little Swedish influence. No, … Continue reading
The American Dream – På Svenska
Back in March, my friend Johanna interviewed me about my move. She is a student at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (The Swedish Royal Institute of Technolgy) where she is studying, well, … Continue reading
Allt om mig
Enough about Sweden already. Let’s talk about me. Today’s story has been in the works for more than a few weeks. It has a lot of personal information about my … Continue reading
Back to School with Old Timey Tower
This morning I attended the first of ten 2.5-hour Swedish language classes at Stockholm’s Medborgarskolan. I’m not a fan of school, but I have dedicated myself to becoming proficient in … Continue reading
Eat my dust
If I fall gravely ill soon, here’s why: As we have discussed, my chainsmoking Dutch roommate is selling the apartment and so i have to move at the end of … Continue reading
Påsk and Aprilskämt
I recently noticed that the Tunnelbana trains have names. A nice touch, I think, although I don’t care for the font. Here are Ted and Maria. You would expect a … Continue reading
Moving again in May
After just a few weeks in the apartment, my roommate has told me that he has decided to move back to Holland and sell the apartment. I will be moving … Continue reading
Everything I own*
A couple days after moving into my apartment, I took this picture of everything I own fitting nicely into these closets, with room to spare. *=Not pictured are some boxes … Continue reading
Home sweet Hagsätra
After a few days, I moved in with a Dutch guy named Sander in another suburb of Stockholm called Hagsätra. I found him and the apartment on the internet and … Continue reading
Malmö, Sweden
My dear friend Emma Pettersson and her cat SkrÃ¥llan, whose hair is still all over my stuff. This was the third occasion in a year’s time that I have stayed … Continue reading
Stockholm
A mail train passing through Stockholm Central Station – quite pretty compared to US freight trains.
Evanston, Illinois
Coffee with Greta and Brian who were coincidentally in the process of moving to Louisville after many years in Evanston, Illinois. They were staying in a hotel. Greta and Brian … Continue reading
On the runway
In the months leading up to my departure for Sweden, I had a countdown clock running on my iPhone. It was counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until … Continue reading
Chicago
Photo booth fun with Mary Regal at the Rainbo Club in Chicago the night before leaving America.
Grinstead Drive
Cleaning out the apartment in Louisville was delayed almost a week by a crazy ice storm and a lack of electricity in most of the city.