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Celebrity spotter no more
Can you see who it is? Last night, Husband and I went out for a rare dinner together, just to a restaurant down the road, but a lovely evening out. And I committed a faux pas here in Sweden. I got all...
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Skansen – something new, somewhere old
We love Skansen. And what’s not to love about it? History, fairground rides, pony rides, bears, wolves and wolverines (yes, seriously). We love it so much that both boys are using it as the subject of...
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Making (some) sense of the mystery
Since I returned to work in mid-February, I’ve had to go and pick up the boys from nursery (well, mainly Baby E) on a handful of occasions. And that has meant trying to negotiate the mystery that is...
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Sephora excitement
Image from shoppingandfashion.se In the last few weeks of my maternity leave I had a reminder on my phone, telling me to take the Roslagsbanan train to Täby. Why, you ask, what was there? Sephora is...
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Stockholm globe from Nordpil – a review
After writing about the Stockholm globe from Nordpil, Hugo from the company contacted me to ask if we would like to try out assembling a globe and report back on how we got on. We jumped at the chance...
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How not to visit Santa
We visited Tomte/Father Christmas at NK at the end of last week. Still, it is a 50% improvement on our trip to see Tomte last year…
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How to (or not to) eat a semla bun
Here in Sweden, Shrove Tuesday is called Fettisdagen (Fat Tuesday!) and it is celebrated with what is in this bag. One of these babies: a semla. The boys demonstrated quite different styles to eating...
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With a spring in my step
Even NK says that it is spring now. And if NK says so, then it must be true. I walked past the store this morning on my way into work and saw the new window decorations. Love the pink and beige striped...
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Deceptively deep
See this snow? Yes, this light snowfall that we had overnight last night. This is pretty special snow. It might not look deep, but it must be. Because one minute my bus was due in two minutes and the...
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Swedish in 3 months?
I woke up half an hour before the alarm today with the feeling that something was wrong. Then I realised what was troubling me: a conversation I had had with another parent yesterday when I was...
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An autumn walk
I’ve been having a bit of a Hipstamatic splurge recently. So on Saturday, when Little O, Baby E and I took a two-hour long walk while Husband did some work at home on the apartment renovation, I took...
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Två Systrar & En Kock
When we took our waterfront walk some weeks back, we discovered a great little cafe at which to stop and fika*. It is called Två Systrar & En Kock – Two Sisters & a Chef – and is on...
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Boys on bikes – how to explore by bicycle
We had a breakthrough last week: a cycling breakthrough. We have now got the boys on bikes thanks to new child seats and we have managed to get out and explore by bicycle four days out of seven last...
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Making friends as an expat
Jo Goddard from A Cup of Jo has started a new Motherhood Around The World series this summer. And the first country to feature this time around is England, so I was especially interested to read it....
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Sporty Stockholm
I’ve published a new guide on Jauntful – this time, a guide to Sporty Stockholm: where to get active in the city and a few spots to visit afterwards. I’ve already published two other guides on the...
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All change!
I think that I might have mentioned here and there in other posts that Little O is changing to a new preschool. He has been attending a private* bilingual preschool since June last year but we stayed...
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See Tomten now?
In the middle of November, we took the boys to see the annual arrival of Tomten (Father Christmas) at NK, the large department store in the city centre. We had prepared Little O for what was going to...
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Steller storytelling
Have you heard of Steller? It’s a fantastic visual site where you create small photo-based “stories” to share with others. There are some truly beautiful stories to flip through on there. This weekend,...
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Not about the glorification of busy
You know that idea about the glorification of busy? I’m really not glorifying it at the moment; it really is busy just now. I’m juggling the busiest time of the year at work with birthday party prep...
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Applying to a school in Stockholm
We’ve done the deed, applying to a school for O by choosing three state-run schools, ready for him to start the school year in August. Luckily, the process in Stockholm is relatively short when you...
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