For a British person driving in Sweden the major thing to get used to is of course driving on the right not the left hand side of the road. This was a major hurdle for me as I had never done it before when I moved here, after a year I got over myself and [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2010
A place in the country…
In Sweden it is very popular for families to have a cottage in the countryside as a weekend retreat (sommarstuga) – whether it be near a lake, a river, in the mountains, forests or just in the middle of nowhere depends on the desires of the family I guess. My Swedish family owns some land [...]
Café Göteborg
Earlier this week we were invited out to lunch with some friends I made on the SFI course and today was the day we decided upon. It was suggested we go to Café Göteborg and I was delighted as last time we tried to go there we couldn’t even get through the door it was [...]
Beach Volleyball Tour
It is Umeå’s turn to be host to the Sweden Beach Volleyball tour. That means that right in the centre of town you will find full sized beach volleyball court complete with real sand, stands and loud music! There is a whole program of events which can be found on the website here including Beach [...]
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 [...]
Kubb
To play or not to play…that should be the question during the summer months. My answer would always be to play as I think this game is ace. I thought I would explain the phenomenon of adults and children throwing sticks at wooden blocks that is such a common site around leisure spaces in Sweden. [...]