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Valborg – Sweden Welcomes the Spring

Europe, Life in Sweden, Partying, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling bonfire, bonfire night, europe, fireworks, partying, spring, st walpurgia, sweden, valborg, valborgsmässoafton, walpurgis night

In Britain, Bonfire Night conjures up childhood memories of sheltering from the driving November rain, eating jacket potatoes while effigies, or 'guys', burn on a huge bonfire. Overhead, fireworks crackle with the acrid smell of

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Chaul Chnam Thmey – Khmer New Year

Asia, Tradition, Travelling asia, cambodia, cambodian new year, khmer new year, partying, serendipity beach, sihanoukville

Cambodia is quite possibly my favourite country on my travels so far. There is just something about the rural countryside and its proud people that I love to return to time and time again. I

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Miss(ing) Saigon

Asia, Travelling, Vietnam, Working Overseas asia, ho chi minh city, partying, saigon, south east asia, vietnam

I was inspired by a post about Saigon that I read on another travel blog recently. So here is my very own tribute to the place that I once called home. These are some of

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2010s Best Bits

Asia, Life in Sweden, Teaching, Travelling, Vietnam, Working Overseas baltic countries, cambodia, eskilstuna, europe the final countdown, eyjafjallajökull, gröna lund, helsinki, hong kong, iceland volcano, nha trang, partying, qatar airlines, riga, ryanair, saigon ink, serendipity beach, sheridans saigon, sihanoukville, skansen stockholm, stockholm, sweden, tallink silja line, tallinn, tattoo, västerås

What an awesome year this year was. In honour of a great year this blog post recalls some of my favourite moments of 2010 January We welcomed in the New Year with elated cries of

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A Social Life

Friends and Family, Life in Sweden partying

If you’re wondering why my blog has been abandoned recently it’s because I have rediscovered my social life over the past few weekends. One of the things that I have particularly enjoyed since being in

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Fancy Dress Friday

Childhood Memories, Friends and Family, School, Teaching fancy dress, partying, school, sweden, teaching

Yesterday was the last day of an incredibly long half-term and what better way to celebrate than with a fancy dress day at school? The first time I used the phrase 'fancy dress' with Nicklas

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One Hel’ of a Weekend – the staff social.

Friends and Family, Life in Sweden, Travelling, Working Overseas ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki, finland, helsinki, mui ne, partying, silja line, staff social weekends, teaching

In my opinion, one of the best things about teaching internationally is the sense of comraderie that develops amongst your work colleagues. This seems to be very different from the UK when everybody already has

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Sweden’s Drinking Culture

Life in Sweden drinking in Sweden, ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki, partying, sweden, systembolaget

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:

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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, Sweden, India, and now Slovakia.

I make the most of my holidays to do the thing I love most…travel!

“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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