Category: Sweden
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Warm weather
Another pleasant day for strolling. We discovered that the gorgeous new park and the mall had been vandalized. Guessing it happened Sunday night. We wondered if it could be related to the BLM protests but there’s been no sign of that. We seem to find interesting areas of the city every day. The jeans and…
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Australian root beer
This one’s for Sophia!
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Tax office visit, part två
We needed to go in person to finish our applications for a Swedish personnummer which will allow us access to medical care, etc. So we had another lovely day roaming around Malmö. We’d like to try kayaking on the canals. The famous ice cream place Köld, was closed. But we found some other fun places…
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Day 80 – Back i Sverige!
Jen has done a great job picking up my slack on the blog front. We have been in Sweden for almost a week, and I have been back at work in a normal time zone mode for that week. Some interesting things happened. I spent 2 weeks in the US, working from 3am to noon…
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Relaxing in the courtyard
Today our luggage arrived and sod was installed in the courtyard, making it the perfect place to relax with a glass of wine. Still thinking of Minneapolis and sending our love to all. Jen-Jill is easy company, and things are much more comfortable now that we have our suitcases!
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Excursion to Lund
After my “moving to Sweden” session via Zoom and several IKEA meetings from the closet, we were free to catch the train to Lund. I needed a refresher on using the trains so Bryant was our guide. We are very close to Hyllie station. The lavender plant is thistle, I think. And my guess is…
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Hyllie
The temporary apartment we have is in the Hyllie neighborhood, walking distance from Bryant’s IKEA offices. He tried working from home (the walk-in closet!) but that was less than ideal, so he will try to take meetings at the Malmö office when possible even though the majority are working from home. Here is the path…
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The Mall
We browsed the local mall again today and saw these two shops with odd sounding English translations. Needy stuff only!… whaaat? And then this place with soft serve ice cream. Is that an American thing? I guess Dairy Queen might have pioneered that style. It says American Spin Cream – the kids were embarrassed at…
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Border Blues
Our luggage can’t get here until Wednesday- something to do with borders between Germany, Denmark and Sweden. So we bought a few more things at the Mall and washed more clothes. But I’m missing home. Bryant’s “work-from-home” office was going to be the giant walk-in closet, and we didn’t realize until his first meeting that…
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Malmö apartment
Jen-Jill found a cozy place to hang out in Lily’s room. We are managing pretty well without our checked bags. After a nap, Bryant and I headed to the mall, only a block away, to get some necessities. The apartment has a nice washer and dryer and two showers but no soaps, cleaning or paper…