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• Weird Swedish food… Fika
  on Feb 1, 2011 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim fika kanelbulle lussebulle semla weird swedish food
  The title of this post is a bit misleading; this Swedish tradition is not weird at all. In fact, I think it is my most favorite thing about Sweden. It beats the free graduate school, the six weeks of vacation, and 18 hours of daylight in the summer.
• Home again, home again…
  on Jan 17, 2011 in Europe North America Sweden United States Urban Pilgrim Christmas reverse culture shock
  …jiggity jog. My grandmother used to say that so it’s impossible for me to think about the first part without the dorky last bit. After three wonderful weeks of home-cooked food, a warm house and fantastic company I am back in Stockholm.
• Vitamin D, I miss you
  on Dec 17, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim daylight Swedish winter
  I swear, I didn’t know. I heard rumors, you know, scuttlebutt, but I never imagined. Now I think it was carefully concealed, only to be revealed day after day until December 19. That’s when it happens. That’s when the sun sets at 2:...
• I’m a chocolate law breaker
  on Dec 9, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim swedish food Swedish rules
  Swedes loooove their rules. They have rules for everything. Can’t wear your outside shoes inside the gym (guilty). Can’t drink during the weekdays (guilty). Can’t eat the second layer of chocolates until you finish the first (really...
• Indoor week!
  on Dec 3, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim snow Swedish winter
  Ok, that’s a self-proclaimed event. But when you’re a grad school student and work from home as a freelance editor you can decide to just not go outside whenever you want to. And when the temperature dipped to -17 C (1 F) this week I deci...
• Fffffreezing Stockholm
  on Nov 29, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim snow Swedish winter
  Eight days. It has been snowing for eight straight days. Don’t get me wrong, it is absolutely lovely. Everything is covered in white and most days the snow sort of hangs in mid air and gently floats down to Earth. But the sub zero temperatures...
• A Swedish-American Thanksgiving
  on Nov 24, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim Swedish-American holidays Thanksgiving
  We had our second annual Swedish-American Thanksgiving on Saturday (a week before the real one I know, but who cares; turkey is good any day). Having held it for a second time, I can say without exception that Swedes make Thanksgiving way more fun th...
• I have a wooden taste in my butt
  on Nov 14, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim strange Swedish phrases Swedish language
  I have been in Sweden for more than a year now and have diligently been learning Swedish (if diligently means skipping Swedish classes occasionally and switching to English when I can’t remember a Swedish word). I can have basic conversations;...
• Berlin – Fractured and beautiful
  on Nov 10, 2010 in Europe Germany Urban Pilgrim Berlin World War II
  I am a terrible tourist. The most significant statistic about Berlin came as a total shock to me. Probably because I couldn’t be bothered to research the city before I left. Ooops. Seventy percent. 70. That’s how much of the city was dest...
• Tom Tits
  on Nov 2, 2010 in Europe Sweden Urban Pilgrim Tom Tits
  You see “tit,” you think boob. It’s funny. I know. I have the sense of humor of a 13-year-old boy. I can’t help it. But it was not the intention of the advertisers to put shapely breasts in the minds of passersby… It is...

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