So I relocated from Chicago back to Sweden and I have been here about a month now and not been able to update the blogg at all. My main excuse is that I have been lazy and things have been busy with work and trying to get accustome to the new culture. Even if I am Swedish I have had a little bit of culture shock myself:
1. The coffee drinking is insane here. It is mandatory after every lunch. Blank with no suger and milk, pretty much taste like crap. I miss the sweet sensations of starbucks
2. Everyone is so tan here eventhough it rains pretty much every day. It even rains when it is a clear sky and sunny, not really sure how that can happen but it happens here. I am guessing everyone is fake tanning
3. Stores, banks etc close very early. Not sure when a person gets to shop if they carry a 9 - 5 job.
4. People walk or bike everywhere. There are lots of cars around of course but they are all extremely small.
5. Swedes are designey.. It seems like all swedes spend most of their time at ikea or other decorating stores because their homes are so stylish. I need to get with the program and get rid of the old couch.
6. Drinking age is 18. Which makes me feel so old when I go to the bar because some of the people at the bars over here doesn't even look like they have entered puberty.
Those are a couple of things that I can think of right now. I really have been loving it here and everything here is so beautiful, the archipelago, the city and the nature. I really feel blessed to be here and really only have one thing to complain about and that is the rain.
We spent a wonderful weekend visiting my sister Mari and Janne. We went out boating on the west coast and the weather was so wonderful! We really had an amazing weekend. We went to Marstrand and visited the Carlsten's fortress which was really cool otherwise the rest of the weekend was amazing. The nature here in Sweden is so amazing and it is so relaxing to be out with the boat. No TV or errands just relaxing.
