Tre år i Sverige! Or "three years in Sweden", in English. Year three felt like the point we really started to thrive here. Partly because we were less new and with the pandemic easing, we began living life in full again. Finally!! Life in Sweden We learnt you
January was dark but also the last month of deep hibernation. I'm not someone who struggles to get through Winter, however, I do reach this point in the year unusually enthusiastic about the prospect of sunbathing in a few months. Feeling warmth evenly over my whole body, not
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I hadn't realised how jam-packed December was until I sat down to write this post! We started the month ridiculously tired post Covid but also desperate to do something after laying on the sofa for two weeks. While we managed to be more active, we needed lots of
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It has been several months since I've written a life post. They've always been centered around home/personal life and when the pandemic eased, we were more focused on getting out and doing things again. That was great but I missed documenting the small details of
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July was all about preparation. Planning and packing was well underway for our Höga Kusten hike with friends from the UK. In addition to that, I was also getting ready to travel to New York for work at the beginning of August (part 1 and part 2). It was my
We spent June yo-yo'ing between hiding from the sun and soaking up as much of it as possible. Midsummer and taking a dip in the sea were two of the highlights, as well as two of our most sunsoaked days. The pelargoniums lining our windowsills bloomed. I'
Bright sunlight started hitting my pillow in the mornings — a tiny gap in the curtains made waking up feel more like a UFO abduction. Having more light has been nice but it highlighted the amount of dust still hanging in the air. The number of rugs and duvets hanging from
April ended up being a busy but fun month. We had a big Spring clean, a friend visited, we went on a road trip to the West of Sweden (I need to sort through the photos), celebrated Valborg and visited some new places in the city. I didn't
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Sunlight was the main highlight of February. That and tulips. Cut flowers aren't something I buy very often (I prefer bulbs or actual plants) but tulips are the exception, especially at this time of year. The dining table was no longer a place to eat food; its primary
Year two began with many of the basics in place, which really cemented the feeling that Sweden is home. We've been very happy here despite all the pandemic oddities and even after two years, I sometimes look around and still can't believe we live in Stockholm.
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The year began with Scott looking at me and saying "oh my god, you are so pale". I started feeling iffy just before New Year's Eve and inevtiably, he fell ill a couple of days later. I felt too weak to do anything so I spent
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We visited a loppis back in the Summer and I bought what appeared to be a coupon collection. I'm a collector of interesting printed things, I liked the style and the seller only wanted 40SEK for it, so I couldn't leave it behind. The loppis was
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