We were asked who our 'Sweden favourites' are. It's not an easy question to answer, but here are five favourites. And now we are very curious ... who are your favourite Swedes?
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According to a musing on SvD's Travel Blog, it is usually the man who holds the camera on holiday. This makes us wonder. Is there really such a gender difference when it comes to holiday photography, and if so, why?
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We learnt this fruity salad from Robin's girlfriend Alexandra. It's great to serve with pie, lasagne or chicken. Let's just say it's become a favourite! We vary how we make it, but here is our basic recipe.
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A total of 51 000 Swedes settled permanently abroad in 2011, according to DN. This is the largest emigration from Sweden to date, greater than the one at the end of the 19th century! But this time we are not emigrating for jobs but for warmth ...
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Last read: Annika Östberg's account of her 28 years in an American prison and her journey to and from there. Initially, we meet a 13-year-old who is unhappy in her new home country, runs away from home, meets the wrong boys and gets hooked on drugs. Annika is sentenced to "25 years to life" for accessory to murder.
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Now we have tried city camping in Linköping! After a nice visit to Sandvik's camping outside the city, it was instead city camping in a parking lot in the centre of Linköping. Then it was dinner and party night!
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Yesterday we arrived at Sandvik's campsite, which is located on Lake Roxen outside Linköping. This is a Caravan Club campsite, which is very nice by the water. Here we have, among other things, met motorhome friends!
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Now it's half time! Today I have completed my mid-term seminar. I am a doctoral student at Karolinska Institutet and half-time, for those of you who are not familiar with the academic world, is a seminar that takes place when you have reached halfway to a doctorate. Being able to do this feels like a big step along the way!
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Himmelsdalen, by Marie Hermansson, is defined as a suspense novel. And indeed, this is a page-turner! Swedish Daniel receives a letter from his twin brother Max, who is in a "rehabilitation clinic" in the Alps. Daniel travels to visit his brother at the exclusive clinic, but soon discovers that nothing is as it first seemed.
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I have read the book "Almost Home" by Jean Kwok. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to the United States, they think they will be better off. Instead, they end up in an unimaginable slum in Brooklyn: an apartment with no heat, but with cockroaches and mice, and work around the clock.
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