Four years ago I moved to Sweden; a country often associated with long, cold, snowy winters. But, little did I know that after the harsh winter Swedes are rewarded with beautiful summers where the sun shines all day long. In …
Warm or Cold Christmas?
Whether Christmas is best celebrated in a warm climate or cold climate is a topic often discussed by travellers. The opinions of most tend to depend heavily upon where that traveller was raised. It is understandable that Christmas to an …
Snow Days
Anybody who has attended or worked in a school in the UK will know how exciting it is when the winter brings the first snow, not so much because we love snow but because of the prospect of a Snow …
Snow Joke
I apologise that so many of my posts are weather related at the moment and hope that you’ll excuse me as a) I’m British so talking about the weather is what we do and b) I have missed weather whilst …
Visiting Friends
This weekend Rhoda—my very good friend from college—came to visit me in Sweden. It is always great to see a familiar face from home when you are living in a foreign country; over the 4 ½ years that I have …
Hazy Shade of Winter
But look around, leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Apologies for my second seasonal post following so quickly after Autumn Daze but little did I know last week when I was walking through piles …