Category: Nice things happen in Sweden©
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Swedish Royal Wedding
Crown Princess Victoria’s wedding last Saturday was a very nice thing for all of Sweden. At least for the 500,000 Swedes and tourists that gathered by the castle and along the cortege route, and for the countless others who watched at home in Sweden and around the world. My Swede’s aunt called from Maine to…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Kindness of a stranger at Fältöversten
As I was about to stroll out of Fältöversten after grocery shopping a young man ran up behind me and said, “excuse me”, and handed me something that had fallen out of my pocket. I heard someone running behind me saying excuse me but was engrossed in conversation with my Swede and didn’t realize I…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Bonus daughter’s graduatoin
On Friday my bonus daughter celebrated the end of her gymnasium (high school) career and her official entry into adulthood. Here are the photos and videos. It was very nice to see her reach this milestone and to celebrate it with my man’s family and friends. We had an after party which was also very…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Swedish Midieval Museum
On Tuesday I found out something really nice, actually better than nice. I had been staying positive about being moved, with a group of students, to another section in Swedish class. There were so many new students that came into the Stockholm Intensive For Academics Swedish SFEJ section of the program that a new D…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Love 2010 Stockholm
Love 2010 Stockholm photos and video from 6 June. As Ice Cube would say, “today was a good day”. And I’ll add that it was very nice. Make your own picture slideshow
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Taste of Stockholm
Love 2010 Stockholm kicked off yesterday on Sweden’s National Day. There will be two weeks of celebrations leading up to Crown Princess Victoria’s wedding on July 19. I learned that one of her relatives, a former King of Sweden, was also married on July 19 (I believe int he 1800’s). I also learned today that…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Stockholm Archipelago
Friday I went with my Swede and his colleagues on a private boat ride in the archipelago. Our destination was a castle where we had a delicious dinner followed by coffee and drinks and music (but we forgot to dance). The boat ride was lovely as it was a gorgeous day. We passed Drottningholm Slott…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Speaking to Daddy
Yesterday was lovely, weather wise, so we walked to the Taste of Stockholm. It was packed with good energy, tons of people, the lines for the food weren’t too long, and the live music wasn’t bad. We sat across from a couple who turned out to have been married for a while and she didn’t…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Free City Hall tour
Matilda from the Stockholm Expat Meet up group invited members to a free tour of the Stockholm City Hall (Stadhuset) as part of her training as a tour guide. I had never toured the City Hall, only been up in the tower to admire the view of Stockholm, so I took her up on her…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Work out buddy, long lost class friend, getting end, working out with my Swede, and working out all over town
Yesterday my cup runneth over with nice things that happened to me! First, a young lady in my Swedish class saw my Friskis and Svettis (F&S)gym membership card and exclaimed that we could work out together! I thought that was nice because it’s fun and important to have a work out buddy: keeps you motivated…
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