It is a sad day for Eurovision fans across Sweden today after Anna Bergendahl’s amazing song failed to make it past the semi finals on Thursday. For the first time ever (I think) Sweden will NOT be represented in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest! How can it possibly be that the country that [...]
Archive of entries posted on May 2010
C Test
Well the waiting has officially begun for the results of my C test with SFI. I sat the majority of the test last week with the oral section yesterday so now we wait. If I understood correctly I should be able to get the results next week by going in to the office on Thursday or Friday. I [...]
“Brännbollscuppen” – Rounders…with a twist!
Brännboll is the Swedish equivalent of rounders or baseball and is played by two teams taking it in turns to field or bat. Wiki has a great page explaining the ins and outs (excuse the pun!) which can be found here. The main difference between brännboll and rounders/baseball is that there is no pitcher – [...]
Officially Summer
It is true, it is officially summer here in Umeå – the Birches have spoken!! This week the birches around the city came into full bloom and therefore summer is really here. In case you were wandering why there are so many birches in Umeå here is the story (mainly to prove I did pay [...]
Culture Night in Umeå
Prepare for an invasion of culture to hit Umeå on Saturday 22nd May. The city and every spare piece of land is turned over to artists of all genres to showcase their talents and expose themselves to new audiences. This covers everything from Death Metal bands, dancers, mime artists, theatre, poetry readings – you name [...]
Heat in the city!
With temperatures sticking around the 25 degrees mark this weekend it feels like summer has hit Umeå with a bang! A trip into town on Saturday found people in shorts, vests, bare chests, flip flops (of yes the crocs are out in force!), sitting on benches queueing for 15 minutes for ice creams from the [...]
Tables For Sale!
OK so this is just blatant abuse of my powers to advertise things for sale on here but I figure no one will mind too much! We have recently been lucky enough to inherit some new furniture from some family and therefore have some old tables to get rid of if anyone is interested?! This [...]
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 [...]
Kristi himmelsfärds dag – It’s a red day!
Yes indeedy, today is yet another red day in beautiful sunny Sweden so if you are in Sweden and reading this at work – GO HOME! Today is Kristi himmelsfärds dag, which in English is Ascension day. Another day off work based upon religious festival that not many people these days can remember why it [...]
Two steps forward…
…one step back. This is how it feels at the moment trying to learn Swedish. I was tired in class yesterday and when I am tired all knowledge of anything vaguely Swedish floats out of my mind and it is all blank – I could barely strong a sentence together and had no clue what [...]