Happy Easter! Today we take the opportunity to think about Easter bunnies, Bluebell and Spanish Easter processions... The film about Easter traditions with Johan's Glans is not new, but it's just as funny every time you watch it. Enjoy!
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Do you usually celebrate Valentine's Day? Did you celebrate yesterday? We don't have a special tradition and it usually turns out the way it does, but yesterday we actually had a luxurious dinner with prawns and crayfish. And some good cheeses of course... Why not celebrate when you have the chance?
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Guess who we had for dinner in the houseboat yesterday! You may remember last week's Guest of the Week, Peter Grip who lives in Valencia and has been to every country in the world? Yes, he and his girlfriend Eva stopped by for dinner, as they are currently in Sweden. It was a very nice evening talking about travelling, and about our visit to them in Valencia last March ...
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Time for a new outfit for the New Year's Eve party? New Year's Eve is fast approaching. Haven't planned the menu yet? Don't know what to wear? We don't have any suggestions for a New Year's menu right now, but if you're male and need to update your wardrobe, we might have a little tip. If you've been following the blog, you might be able to guess where Peter got these new shoes. But just wait until you see the jackets!
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In the end, Christmas was celebrated for us too! On Christmas Day, my mum invited our whole family and my brother's whole family to a Christmas table, coffee, Christmas cookies and Christmas sweets - as it should be at Christmas. A very nice afternoon and evening! And now that we've been eating traditional Swedish Christmas food all day, I thought we could talk about ... Swedish Christmas food.
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Why do we celebrate Christmas? Most people know that in Christianity we celebrate Christmas to commemorate the birth of Jesus, but was he even born at this time of year? And what do the Christmas ham and tree have to do with Jesus?
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Yesterday we organised a little "mulled wine walk" together with Peter's eldest son Robin, his wife Alexandra, Robin's half-sister Felicia (not Peter's daughter) and her boyfriend David. We started in our houseboat and there we had the opportunity to bid on yesterday's finds from Hötorgshallen.
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Today is Lucia in Sweden and we wish family, friends and all readers a happy Lucia and a great day! By the way, what do you know about the history of the Swedish Lucia celebration? And how do you celebrate yourself?
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We are now home after our 1 year long trip around Europe. What is it like to come home after a long journey? It may seem like we are just hanging around on the galas and luxury holidays around Rigabut that's not really the case. Coming home after a long journey is also coming back to everyday life, and that's what takes up most of our time ...
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Last night we went to the We are one charity gala at Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm. We got to see both famous and less famous artists on stage, and of course a lot of aid organisations. It was fun to do something different for once!
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