I found this article while looking on the New York Times website for Milan Kundera’s article about Prague. This explains perfectly why I thought Prague was strange, and why it was kind of disorienting to me.
Monthly Archives: May 2008
here’s my dad and me on a cruise along the danube in budapest! we stopped off at margaret island, which was absolutely beautiful and full of people just hanging out because it was may day. more later on our trip, but for now, this summary: we had a great time! prague and budapest are full of history and especially communist history! we saw two operas and walked everywhere!
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What non-Swedes should know about Sweden – according to ABBA
Since I work at the Embassy of Sweden as a tour guide, I get a lot of questions about what I thought of the country and my experiences living there. I tell them the truth — that I had a great 2.5 years there, had a satisfying job, really amazing friends, and a very comfortable, good…
Continue Reading »Lenten sugar cravings
I gave up sugar for Lent again, which is easier than it was last year but STILL NOT FUN in any way. (Just to impress upon you the hardcore nature of this promise, I’m not eating anything with honey or artificial sweeteners in it either, which means no flavored yogurt, no lattes, and no processed…
Continue Reading »Nonstop excitement at the Embassy of Sweden
For the last two weeks, it has been nonstop excitement for me at the Embassy of Sweden. Right now, the Kennedy Center is hosting a gigantic festival called Nordic Cool focused on Scandinavian culture: theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature, design, and film from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as the territories of Greenland,…
Continue Reading »Deer at dusk
After 22 years of living in the suburbs, I was pretty darn convinced that I was a city girl for life. My parents’ new house, way out in rural Maryland, has at least opened me up to the beauty of living in the country. I think I’d still take the people-watching over the bird-watching, but…
Continue Reading »The Expat Blog Strikes Again… Interview on Sweden.se
And just when the Expat Blog at Sweden.se thought it was finally free of me… foiled again! I had the opportunity to talk a little about my experiences as a “re-pat” in the United States with Kristin Lund, who took over the reins of the Expat Blog this past fall. You can check…
Continue Reading »DC Love
I was on my way home from a very lukewarm “hot yoga” when I spotted this car parked in a driveway on 13th St. Feeling the DC love.
Continue Reading »Julmarknad at the House of Sweden
I had my first day off from my weekend job at the House of Sweden, so of course Simon and I made the most of every minute of it… at the House of Sweden. Thanks to the julmarknad (Christmas bazaar) being hosted in the normal exhibition space, I was off the hook for working, but…
Continue Reading »Mo’bama, Mo’ Sass
This is just a public service update to everyone watching the infomercials the debates. I saw the dude on the right just a few days ago live, in person, no joke. It all started with a trip to the White House gardens, where we were so close to the actual White House that the smell of…
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