Weekend in Prague

Last weekend Matt and I went to Prague for our anniversary. We had a great time and I recommend for everyone to go there. Beautiful town, good food, good beer and nice people. The first day we took a walking tour and got to see the castle and the old town area. Very beautiful but a really cold day. I also got to hear how the swede never made it into the city during the 30 year old war... the guide was extra happy to have a Sweden on the tour so that she could point that out to me. That night we took a 'bar crawl' tour where we were suppose to learn about Prague culture and beer. Well we did not learn much.. the guide just hung out with us and took us to any bars that we wanted to go to and then he hit on the single girl in the group.. the good thing was that we met some fun people to hang out with so we had a blast anyway. Sunday we had time to walk around and shop.

I know where Santa lives

So today we did not do much, slept in and had a big breakfast with Mari and Janne before they took off to go back home to Gothemburg. We did also take a walk on the town to see the Christmas decorations. However, before we headed out we were very very lucky. We figured out where Santa lives.. he lives across the street from our apartment. Yep, from our livingroom window we got to see a glimpse of Santa when he got some help from some body double Santas that were helping him pushing his sleigh out...

Germany for a day

The really good thing with living here is that you can go to two other countries in less than 3 hours. My sister Mari and her boyfriend came to visit and we drove down to Germany for the day. You might wonder why a lot of people do this but the only reason is..cheap booze.. so we loaded up the car and spent a few hours in Germany shopping for candy, clothes, and beer. It is crazy but a case of beer is cheaper (by almost half) compared to a case of Coca Cola.. Matt is really starting to think that Sweden is weird.

New hairdo

I had not really cut my hair since I moved to Sweden, especially since I don't have a hairdresser here. I was thinking of going back to Chicago for a haircut but maybe that was just a little too expensive. I finally searched around on the web and decided to go to a place that had gotten good reviews down the street.. well, big mistake. I just wanted to trim a little.. well, the haircut ended up with a trimmer being used.. not really what I had intended. My hair is the shortest I have ever had it. I look like a little boy and hate it. Even Matt confessed that it doesn't really look good. I have been avoiding mirrors ever since and swore to never ever cut my hair again. However, on the bright side my haircut is perfect for a 1920s style party.. and yes, I went to a 'roaring 20s' christmas party.

Thanksgiving in Tungelsta

We celebrated Thanksgiving in full US style over at my parents place. Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce etc. It was a really nice dinner with my parents and I hope that Matt was not too home sick. The next day Oliver got to meet my aunt's dog and that was pretty much the first play date that Oliver has ever had. We also went out for Linda's birthday that night. Lots of dancing and fun times.

November

So I did not blog at all in all of November. The only excuse I have is that I was lazy. The new puppy has really made me a home body so you would think that I would have been able to blog. November started out awesome, not need to mention the US election but I do wish I would have been back in Chicago for it. Matt and I actually housed a little election party. Pretty much all of his classmates came over and we ate and drank and tried to stay awake for the results.. not many of us managed to do that.