Category: Nice things happen in Sweden©
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Super easy medical test
When I first moved to Sweden I lived in Halmstad and within a week of my arrival I received a letter announcing my appointment for a yearly medical test that ladies have. What was nice then was that my neighbor went with me and helped me find the clinic and sign in and she waited […]
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Consumer hotline help
I research new products in the Swedish market and had purchased and eaten a loaf of bread. It was so good that we forgot to save the packaging so that I could note the ingredients and nutritional information. So I sent an email to the consumer contact and asked for that information and said that […]
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Free Master’s degree program
I was accepted into an interesting online Masters degree program at Malmö University for Communication for Development. A fellow American expat suggested I take the course. She’s in the course so I thought why not apply? So now depending on what else happens with work, and Swedish class, etc., I may be starting on yet […]
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Help from the Postal Museum
On Tuesday I was to meet my afternoon Swedish culture class at the Pressbyran in the Gamla Stan T-bana at 13.00 to walk to the Economic Museum. Or so I thought. It turns out the time was changed to 13.30. But I didn’t know that at the time so after waiting 15 minutes for my […]
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Yale Alley Cats visit Stockholm
The Yale Alley Cats are coming to Stockholm to perform. Promo: This is something you won’t want to miss -The Yale Alley Cats performance. Perfect for kids. Perfect for students. Perfect for music lovers of all ages. Perfect for singing enthusiasts, lovers of a Capella groups, your neighbors, your friends. Sponsored by the American Women’s […]
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Learning Swedish
I have spent enough time in Sweden where my Swedish language skills where/are better than someone who is just off of the plane but too poor given my circumstances. So I decided to take learning Swedish seriously and happened upon the information about Swedish Intensive for Academics. In sum it is a new program in […]
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Nice things that happen to me in Sweden
Very rarely do I blog about anything personal whether it is here or on the BlackExpat.com site, Black Women in Europe Blog, EurObama Blog, JobsinStockholm.com Blog or Women of the African Diaspora website. I have always figured that my personal life is (1) personal, and (2) not more interesting than anyone else’s personal life. I […]
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