snow Archives - Runaway Brit

So Long, Sweden! I’m Going To Miss You.

July 14, 2014July 19, 2014 Europe, Featured, History, Nature, Swedish Climate, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism, Travelling, Working Overseas expat, nature, snow, stockholm, sunset, sweden, travel, water

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

Warm or Cold Christmas?

December 25, 2012January 26, 2013 Asia, Beaches, Blogging, Childhood Memories, Food and Drink, Partying, Tradition, Travelling christmas, climate, festive, party, snow, travelling, white 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

Snow Days

February 11, 2011April 25, 2011 Childhood Memories, Life in Sweden, School, Swedish Climate, Teaching europe, school, snow, snow day, sweden, teaching

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

Snow Joke

December 19, 2010April 25, 2011 Childhood Memories, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate europe, snow, sweden, swedish climate, weather

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)

Visiting Friends

December 5, 2010April 1, 2016 Friends and Family, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism skansen, snow, sweden, swedish winter

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

Hazy Shade of Winter

October 23, 2010April 14, 2011 Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate snow, snow in sweden, sweden, swedish winter, winter clothing

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