Someone made headbands out of dandelions and left them behind.
Hermans is a fantastic vegetarian buffet restaurant in Stockholm. Their food is augmented with tons of outdoor seating […]
I would like to say that I’m starting to get used to the surplus hours of daylight in […]
This picture might not mean anything to you, but it is really big news for me. This is […]
Enough about Sweden already. Let’s talk about me. Today’s story has been in the works for more than […]
Here are a few photos from Vasadstaden, a central Stockholm neighborhood that originated in the late 1800’s. These […]
I wrote earlier about the absence of Starbucks in Sweden. Personally, I don’t miss Starbucks, but it seems […]
Dark clouds moving in over Gamla Stan (The Old Town) in May 2009.
I recently walked with Iida to the local post office to pick up a special delivery. It was her driver’s license.
Jordgubbar is the word for “strawberries.” I thought they looked pretty nice in this photo from a recent […]
Every year, the reporters who cover the White House get together for a big fancy dinner – almost […]
Stockholm’s subway system is not just extensive – 100 stations in a city roughly the size of Louisville […]
Life in Sweden is not all sunshine, cool breezes, wild strawberries, and two-hour coffee breaks. I’ve been keeping […]
Over the weekend, Comedy Central began blocking online viewing of videos on their website for anyone outside the […]
For some reason, I’m just not afraid of the swine flu. It reminds me of the bird flu […]
In an earlier story, I mentioned that the Swedish-English dictionary I got for my iPhone has a penchant […]
Every Monday morning in my Swedish language class, the teacher asks everyone what they did over the weekend. […]
Here are a few scenes of cherry blossoms in bloom at Kungsträdgården (the King’s Tree Garden), a long […]
Public stairs in Sweden almost always have accompanying ramps or elevators. The ramps are used for wheelchairs, bicycles, […]
As I mentioned before, most of Sweden’s coins carry a picture of King Carl XVI Gustaf, a man […]
Long days where the sun never goes down are the type of thing that you just don’t believe […]
Life in this socialist hellhole is just awful. Finally, the American news media has sent an investigative journalist […]
Language, temperature, currency, distances, weight, geography. I thought my list of things I have to re-learn was complete. […]
A great deal of the writing I’ve done here has been observing the subtle differences between the people […]
Since my first visit to Stockholm in the 1990s, this tall, octagonal building on Södermalm has always caught […]
Because only about 10 million people speak Swedish, the language has considerably fewer words than English, a language […]
More than one of my friends has asked about the availability of unique beers and the world of […]
I noticed while on tours with the band over the years that a lot of Europeans go to […]