Tag: sverige
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January 14, 2007 03:46 AM EST --
It had long been my wish to visit Stonehenge in England. For some reason I have just felt drawn to it since I was a small child and saw a picture of it in some magazine or other. I finally get to make . . .
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March 20, 2007 06:46 AM EDT --
Live by the Nils Lofgren Band is a hard CD to track down. I suggest you make the effort to do so. Yes, Nils is of Swedish decent, but that is not the only reason I like this CD. The guy can sang, I tell . . .
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May 28, 2007 04:11 AM EDT --
Being a writer, I spend a great deal of time at my computer every day. Far too much of that time is spent roaming the Internet, where I invariably find myself in a debate over US politics. This always . . .
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July 17, 2007 01:19 AM EDT --
Sweden has long been one of the free-est and most progressive countries in the world. Having allowed gay civil unions since 1995, it now looks like the call to strike any gender reference in marriage laws . . .
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March 13, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
While there are not many big ferries left in the US, they are still quite popular in Europe. One of my favourites is the Scandline Ferries. These sail to and from Denmark, Sweden, and Germany on a regular . . .
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October 06, 2006 04:51 AM EDT --
Before leaving for our trip to the US last spring, I decided to take the ferry over to Ven, an island I had been curious about since moving to Sweden. It was a lovely way to spend the day with my sister-in-law . . .
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September 21, 2006 10:06 AM EDT --
Lots of folks think of Stockholm when looking into visiting Sweden, but there is so much more that this country has to offer. With that in mind, I give you my own Top Ten places to see while in Sweden. . . .
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June 07, 2007 04:07 AM EDT --
After publishing a link to my article on American Misconceptions about Sweden, I got flooded with emails asking me to write various other articles. I have not gotten to them all yet, but here are links . . .
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August 21, 2007 11:37 AM EDT --
Glimmingehus is referred to at various places as a castle, a fortress, a keep, or a fortified manor. If you step inside, you will think you are indeed inside a full-fledged castle. So no matter which description . . .
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July 23, 2007 01:56 AM EDT --
There is traveling (which we do extensively for work) and there is road tripping (which we do extensively for pleasure.) It was on a road trip yesterday that we happened upon the first public voyage of . . .
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November 08, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
What's it like in Sweden (Sverige)? It is different. If you aren't willing to adjust, you'll suffer. If you aren't willing to learn new things, you'll hate it. . . .
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October 22, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
Sverige (Sweden) is not broken up into states like the US. Rather, it is grouped as regions... similar to extremely large counties. Most folks, when they are contemplating a trip to Sverige, think of visiting . . .
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November 09, 2006 05:55 PM EST --
Given the name Foteviken Museum, you would likely expect to find a building housing lots of Viking artifacts. You would be wrong. What this place is, is a Viking settlement. That's right. Just below . . .
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December 31, 2007 09:52 AM EST --
Family member title names in Svenska (Swedish). All words in parenthesis are (English). All words after ... (three dots/periods) are plural noun.
1. Föräldrar . . .
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October 14, 2006 01:02 PM EDT --
There is very little in life that thrills me more than things Medieval, therefor it made me downright ecstatic to find that there was a nice little Renaissance Festival ( RenFest) right here in Skåne. . . .
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February 29, 2008 01:34 PM EST --
It's been a rough time studying on my own but I have made it finally to the last level in SFI school... grupp (group) D. SFI stands for Swedish for immigrants, or in Swedish it's called . . .
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