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Today we offer facts about Ireland - 30 things you (maybe) didn't know. Peter is in Northern Ireland and I (Helena) am writing about Ireland. Strange? No, everything has an explanation ...
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Do you know these 12 interesting facts about Salzburg? We visited this beautiful city by campervan last summer and were amazed by the very delighted. Salzburg offers everything from culture and history to dramatically beautiful scenery. We haven't even got round to showing all our photos yet. Here are some new photos along with some interesting facts about Salzburg.
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Today we offer 10 interesting facts about Easter. For example, do you know how the date of Easter is determined, what the days of Holy Week are called, or what Easter rice was used for in the past?
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There are a lot of odd Christmas traditions in the world. Others probably think that we Swedes are just as strange when we insist on watching Donald Duck on Christmas Eve or burning down the Christmas tree in Gävle. But that's the exciting and interesting thing about traditions - they don't always make sense. Today we offer 12 different Christmas customs!
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What does Christmas food look like in different countries? Did you know that the French eat foie gras, Greenlanders eat whale blubber and that in Latvia you have to eat nine different dishes to have a good year ahead? We've taken a look at Christmas food traditions around the world, and discovered some exciting ones!
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Today is Christmas Eve, and we're taking the opportunity to present 10 things you didn't know about Christmas - or that you perhaps didn't know about Christmas. A few days ago we wrote a post about Christmas traditions and about why we do what we do, and we came across so much interesting information that there will be another post. Anything new or unexpected for you? Or maybe you have some other interesting information about Christmas to share?
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We have many interesting Christmas traditions in Sweden, and not all of them are easy to relate to the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Why do we celebrate at the end of December, for example, and what does that big guy with red clothes and a white beard have to do with it? We don't have all the answers, but here's a quick trip through history - from the toasting in Odin's honour in the 300s to today's Donald Duck.
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Italian food culture is known all over the world and Italian cuisine is full of goodies like mozzarella, olive oil and Parma ham. But Italian cuisine also stands out because people eat, and look at meals, in a completely different way to the rest of the world. So it's not surprising that as a tourist, it's a bit difficult to know what to do in a restaurant.
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Right now it is time for the olive harvest in Croatia. We see it everywhere here on Brac, and not least at the campsite where we live. The campsite is full of olive trees and right now the owners are harvesting all day, together with the rest of the family who came here from Bosnia. At the tourist office, we also learned that the private olive oil museum may not be open right now. because the owners are in the middle of the harvest.. Everything seems to be about olives right now!
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As I mentioned earlier, I lived in Iceland for a year and learnt to speak the Icelandic language. So how did it go with the Icelandic language when we visited Iceland then? Well, it went very well! I felt that I had forgotten a bit, but a lot came back in just a few days. In everyday situations, I speak Icelandic as well as English. If you want to talk about politics and world news, I'm probably better at English though ...
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