I am sure those of you who are living in here in Umeå that last week we had the most glorious weather one could wish for this early in June. The temperatures were well over 30°C for most of the days and that was in the shade! One thing that I love about Umeå is [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Observations category.
Curtains!
Now I appreciate this might be a very odd thing to write about to it occurred to me that people coming to Sweden to live or visit may not be familiar with the Swedish use of curtains! In the UK, in my experience, curtains are drawn to keep bedrooms dark at night, keep out nosey neighbours and make rooms [...]
God fortsättning!
This is a phrase you might here when out and about talking to Swedes at this time of year. It is said usually after new year and wishes the person you are saying it to well. I guess the pronunciation of it will differ depending on your accent but I would pronounce it along the [...]
Swedish Autumn (Höst)
I have been meaning to write for a week or so now about the changing of the seasons, the amazing colours of the leaves but what I failed to take into account was blink and you will miss the autumn season here in Umeå! Today the first snow has fallen which, in my mind, takes [...]
Dragon for dinner!
I was innocently making myself a cup of tea yesterday morning when to my utter surprise the back of the milk carton was offering me a recipe using none other than fresh dragon! For a moment I was most intrigued until my sleeping fog lifted and I remembered I was in Sweden and not Wales [...]
Birthday or födelsedag
Another year has passed and sadly enough I can no longer run away from the fact I am officially in my 30′s! I had a great birthday weekend though so I guess it isn’t all bad! On friday we did the birthday fika thing! We had two sets of family over throughout the day and [...]
A pot of gold…
Umeå never fails to surprise me, there is always something new to learn and fascinating things to keep me thrilled about the area in which I find myself living. Most recently this occurred at 11pm last night when I took the dog out for her evening trot. I was doing my usual evening route when I turned [...]
Recycling
Have you ever noticed when buying plastic bottles on fizzy drinks, or cans or some glass bottles that your shopping bill seems a little more expensive than you think it should be? That is because whenever you buy such items you get charged an additional amount on top of the list price of the thing [...]
Childish humour – Willys, plopp…I mean COME ON!
As you might have gathered by now I am a HUGE fan of Sweden, Swedes and all things Swedish. There are some things that never ever ever fail to make me smile and anyone who is a native English speaker, ideally from the UK, and have even an ounce of an inner 7 year old [...]