As promised, a report-back on the wedding. July was a great month for our families. My partner’s daughter got married on the 12th, my daughter Amanda got engaged on the 12th (a surprise proposal while out walking!), and there were… Read More ›
Stockholm
Glad Midsommar!
Midsummer Sweden is when Swedes celebrate the most. For me, the national day of Sweden is not the official day on 6th June (which was not even a bank holiday when I moved to Sweden), but Midsummer. That is when… Read More ›
Java Whiskers Cat Café, Stockholm
When it was my fiancé’s birthday in February, he booked for us to go to Stockholm’s first cat cafe, which had opened just the week before. I was so excited you would have thought it was MY birthday! I had… Read More ›
Traveler’s Notebooks at Second Sunrise in Stockholm
I have been using traveler’s notebooks (TNs) since early 2013 – for almost 6 years. In the beginning, the community was very very small. I bought my first leather cover from Ray Blake (of the Midori Traveler’s Notebook Resources Facebook… Read More ›
The lions of Stockholm
Coming from Africa as I do, I have often wondered why so many countries use African lions as national symbols. Lion are used to represent sports teams, in fables, in mythology, as biblical emblems. I suppose it is to symbolise… Read More ›
Wheat cats at Vete-katten!
There is a famous bakery in Stockholm called Vete-Katten. It is very northern European in design with antique decor, and the café part is a labyrinth of cosy inter-leading rooms and narrow corridors. The homey decor reminds me of ‘granny’s… Read More ›
Swedish citizenship
On the 6th June this year (Sweden’s national day), it was three years since my Swedish citizenship ceremony, four years since I received citizenship, and exactly 20 years since I first came to Sweden. I came to Sweden on a… Read More ›
My pretty day yesterday
I recently moved offices, after 16 years in the same place. From our Jakobs torg office, I had a lovely view of the park and the gorgeous church. The view was beautiful, summer and winter. Now, my office is at… Read More ›
Summer Stockholm from my office window
She is a beautiful city when she has her summer clothes on. Built on 14 islands, she is beauty on water! And here she is in autumn!
