My sejour here in California is starting to wind down and I began to realize there are a lot of things I will miss about CA and living in the US.
In no particular order:
- The Berkeley Bowl- the best produce, cheese grocery store around
- My SUV
- Customer service
- Cable TV and VOD
- Clubbing until 4 am
- Cheap alcohol and an myriad selection of it
- Clubbing until 5am
- Seeing the city skyline every time I cross the Bay Bridge
- Going to Napa valley when I feel like it
- Driving 300 miles and still being stuck in CA
- Really cheap gas
- Non toll highways
- People smiling and chatting wherever you go
- Dunkin Donuts
- 24 hour stores
- My SUV
- The Kitchen Aid Mixer
- Clubbing until 6am and watching the sunrise
- Cheap, tasty Mexican food
- Visiting Lake Tahoe and going snowboarding
- Hiking in Marin Country and watching the sunrise
- Yes, my SUV…having no wheels in Sweden may just kill me
- Late night anything
…and all my friends whom I love dearly
Yup… it takes a while to get used to some things! But its an adventure. And its fun.
Sweden is bigger than California so you can drive even more than 300 miles (a lot more) and still being “stuck” in Sweden too. Just trying to cheer you up :P
I just wonder where in Sweden are you moving to? I would reccomend Göteborg (Gothenburg) . but maybe you’ve already chosen another palce?
You can go clubbing to really late in sweden too. And non toll highways are the only kind we have in sweden.
Tuva- I already picked snooty, sister city of Stockholm to live in. Maybe one day I’ll send myself down to Göteborg.
Erik- Okay, yay for some late night clubbing! And when you enter Sthlm you have to pay toll (10-20kr) …I guess it could be better than bridge tolls in CA.
And what I really miss now, going to to the store at the time I want to to buy alcohol. Ohhh…the Systembolaget.
Tbh you cant say that systembolaget has a small selection.
I find it well stocked of the common beers and you are also able to get alcohol from small producers in far away counties. And if you know of certain sort of lets say wine, that you want and don’t see in the lists you can get them to import it.
But anyways I find it interesting to read about how you see us Swedes so welcome to “favoriter”
Dunkin Donuts? How about Krispy Kreme