Pincement au coeur : dans une minute je m'envole pour la Sučde, pour retrouver ma soeur et mon neveu ! Pas moyen de rester ā Paris, j'ai la bougeotte ! Arrivée ā Stockholm, un des plus beau survol que je connaisse, les lacs se męlent aux habitations isolées et aux massifs de conifčres. La derničre fois que je suis venue, c'était en août 2006, il...

Hej på dig! No mitäs, aamuvarhaisella saavuin Tukholmaan. Kaupunki vielä nukkui ja oli pimeetä. Aamun ja aamupäivän aikana olen kävellyt ympäriinsä, istunut kahdessa eri kahvilassa ja ihmetellyt näitä ruotsalaisia. Ainoatakaan sanaa en ole ruotsiksi sanonut. Rinkka painaa kun synti, ja parin tunnin kävelyn jälkeen ensimmäinen rakko on jo jalassa...

Scandinavia Cruise Alice and I set sail for a cruise around Northern Europe. We flew into Sweden and drove along the beautiful countryside to Stockholm, the countries capital. From there it was a 16 hour boat to Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The Nordic region is on the same latitude (60) as Alaska. We were in the Arctic Circle. Hence it was ...

Today's results at work was much better. I was able to actually talk to a couple of people. I am getting better at pronouncing people's names. But there is still this Bjorne guy that I can't seem to get his last name. I don't think it is Dogarind but that seems to be the logical way to spell it. :( The people at Copenhagen airport were difficult...

Having a couple of days off in early December, it was definitively about time planning a new excursion with my long time favorite travel buddy Alf Kåre. We "snuste på" destinations like Egypt, Morocco and Romania, but ended up with a 5 (short) days trip to the Baltic States (so hip these days with Scandinavians on a weekend break or Britt's on t...

It's been far too long...overall, the last few weeks have been relatively uneventful, but here are some interesting cultural observations worth noting: -Everyday I take a 7-10 minute bus ride from my apartment building to the center of the city. There is a separate bus lane, so we just buzz right by the rush hour traffic. Lately, I've started ac...