A friend of mine from SFI works part-time at a daycare. In all honesty, she’s over qualified for this job and she knows it. But while she hasn’t mastered the Swedish language and the schools she wants to teach at hasn’t hired her yet, she works at this daycare. I hope she gets a teaching [...]

Now that Fredrik is in the studio, I’m back to fending for myself. Being by myself is nothing new. I lived for most of 3 years by myself while I was in college and one of the downsides of being with a touring musician is that he goes on tour for many weeks at a [...]

Fredrik left early this morning for the studio and now I’m feeling kinda crappy. It’s really strange. He goes off to rehearsal everyday and I’m totally ok with that. But the day just started to feel SO LONG around noon. Maybe it’s the idea that I know he won’t be coming home tonight that’s making [...]

Last night was Walpurgis Night (known as Valborg or Valborgsmässoafton in Sweden). Here’s a small summary of what it is. It’s a celebration that’s supposed to mark the last day of winter and the beginning of spring. People have these big bon fires and drink themselves silly. It’s originally a pagan celebration and like most [...]

Yesterday I put the chocolate chips my mom sent me to good use. I baked a big batch of chocolate chip cookies. Enough to fit into 4 boxes. Instead of a chewy cookie, I opted for a crunchy recipe. Personally, I prefer the crispy cookie over the chewy cookie.
Fredrik will be going off to the [...]

Stockholm is further north than Toronto. Further up north means longer days in the summer and longer nights in the winter. In fact, in midsummer we have about 18 hours of light.
The sun started rising earlier from the equinox.
Today the sun rose at 5:02am here in Stockholm. It will rise at 6:16 in Toronto. That’s [...]

I actually have a bicycle already but I would like a cute bicycle. One like the one I have back in Canada.
For some reason, bicycles are super expensive here. A regular city bike with no frills will run you up at least 2000kr. I wonder why that is. My bike is not cute but it [...]