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RunawayBrit

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Europe Featured Humour Life in Sweden Swedish Tradition Tradition

Julbocken: the Swedish Tradition that Usually Goes up in Flames

Bratislava Europe Expat Featured Tourist Attraction Tradition

Čičmany: Slovakia’s Charming Gingerbread Houses

Bratislava Europe Expat Expat Life Featured Food and Drink Tourist Attraction Tradition

Festivals, Food & Fun: Seven Weeks in Bratislava

Kerala backwaters
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The Sound of Silence in Kerala’s Backwaters

Advice Asia Featured Food and Drink Health & Fitness India Life in India Nature Tradition Working Overseas

Kare Ayurveda Retreat: Eat, Stretch, Love

Asia Beaches Featured Tradition Travelling

Stick Fishermen of Sri Lanka: Fishing for Dollars

Asia Featured Life in India Nature Tradition Travelling

Sustainable Tourism in India: Redstone Eco Centre, Mahabaleshwa

Europe Featured History Life in Sweden Swedish History Swedish Tourism Swedish Travel Tradition Travelling

Visby: Sweden’s Perfectly Preserved Medieval Town

All Saints' Day Tribute
Europe Life in Sweden Swedish Tourism Swedish Tradition Tradition Travelling

Lighting a Candle on All Saints’ Day, Sweden

Europe Tradition Travelling United Kingdom

St Fagans: a Slice of Welsh Life

Europe Tradition Travelling

Tenerife’s Good Friday Passion Play

Europe Partying Tradition Travelling

Colours of Carnival, Tenerife

Nature South America Tradition Travelling

Machu Picchu—the City in the Clouds

Nature South America Tradition Travelling

The Sacred Valley of the Incas

Nature South America Tradition Travelling

The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca

South America Tradition Travelling

Cholita Wrestling

Swedish Midsommar
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Midsommar: a night of Swedish madness

Europe Tradition United Kingdom

Wimbledon – A British Institution

Life in Sweden Swedish Tourism Tradition Travelling

Why Sweden is a Great Place to Live

Life in Sweden Swedish History Swedish Tourism

Weddings and Castles

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Weddings and Castles

On Saturday I attended my first wedding in Sweden. I am hesitant to say Swedish Wedding as, despite the geographical location, there was probably very little about the wedding that was traditionally Swedish. The bride is Swedish but has Finnish …

Food and Drink Life in Sweden

Anyone for Banana Pizza?

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on Anyone for Banana Pizza?

Nicklas once told me that Swedish pizza is ”The best pizza in the whole world”. Even better than pizza in Italy apparently.  As he has never been to Italy, and he has the typical Swedish belief that everything is better …

Life in Sweden Travelling

Välkommen till Västerås

by Runaway Britupdated on 5 Comments on Välkommen till Västerås

Welcome to Västerås: Sweden’s sixth largest city and the place that I will be calling home for the next year or so.   The city is one of Sweden’s oldest cities and was the second largest city in the 11th…

Life in Sweden School

Back to School

by Runaway Britupdated on Leave a Comment on Back to School

The phrase that every teacher (and student) dreads the most is: Back to School. Probably because these 3 words are usually splashed across every shop window and inside every supermarket aisle about 2 days after the Summer Holiday – …

Food and Drink Life in Sweden

Keeping the Tradition Alive

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on Keeping the Tradition Alive

July 30th has officially been labelled as National Cheesecake Day. Admittedly this is in America and as far as I am aware the day is not widely celebrated in Sweden, if at all. Those of you who know me …

Food and Drink Life in Sweden

An Afternoon of Fika and Shopping

by Runaway Britupdated on 5 Comments on An Afternoon of Fika and Shopping

This afternoon I met my new friend Jordan to enjoy two of Sweden‘s finest traditions – Fika and H&M. I met Jordan last week after responding to her post on expat website TheLocal where she had asked if …

Life in Sweden

Sweden’s Drinking Culture

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Sweden’s Drinking Culture

The good old houseparty is probably most common amongst students in the UK and usually serves as a precursor to the evening’s main event at the latest bar or club. Organising beverages is pretty easy: simply head down to Tesco, …

Life in Sweden

Learning a New Language

by Runaway Britupdated on Leave a Comment on Learning a New Language

Ms. Redford, my Year 11 Spanish teacher, predicted that I would get a D for my language GCSE. And that was only if I tried very hard. It was the only grade below a C that I was predicted out …

Asia Life in Sweden

The Journey to Sweden

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on The Journey to Sweden

My first encounter with Sweden, aside from the obvious dance to ABBA on a Saturday night or spending spree in H&M, came in April 2008 when my friend Kelly and I were visiting Cambodia for a few weeks holiday …

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

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My name is Elaine. I am a British teacher who left the UK to work overseas many years ago. So far I have taught in Japan, Vietnam, India, Slovakia, and now Sweden.

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