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Archive for July, 2009
Stockholm Pride Week 2009: Events and Happenings
29, Jul 2009Stockholm LBGT Pride week began on Monday, July 27th. Evidently I totally forgot about it despite seeing pride flags posted everywhere. The Stockholmers really do have pride; managing to stick flags wherever they can be stuck. no pun intended) Gay Pride week will continue until Sunday and I listed a few interesting events from Thursday [...]
Stockholm City in the Summer
27, Jul 2009Visiting Stockholm during the summertime? Here’s a quick guide to walking around the main city areas: Innerstan, Gamla Stan, and Södermalm. This is not a detailed list of things to do because really it’s up to you where you want to go. But walking the city is the best. Plan for lots of walking the [...]
This is it. The swedes just have to stop going on vacation all summer long. Our office is becoming more and empty as the people empty out to the countryside, or wherever it is they have their vacation. Out of 150 people, there are 50 people in the office right now. That’s only 1/3rd full [...]
Swedish Summer Houses and Jellyfishes
22, Jul 2009I went to Göteborg (Gothenburg for those of you lacking the ö) for a weekend visiting Þorbjörn’s parents. This is my fifth visit to see them and it’s pretty the same deal everytime. Mom is excited we are there, dad drinks a Norrlands Guld 3.5% (the worst beer in the world, in my honest opinion), [...]
How to Find a Foreign Girl in Sweden
16, Jul 2009My whole blog has been addressing the issue of dealing with Swedish boys, but what about Swedish girls or foreign girls in Sweden? We already know how to pick up a Swedish man. How can we teach the Swedish guys to talk and meet us foreign women? We like to complain that Swedes have [...]
I woke up Monday morning and like any other person, not wanting to get out of bed. Accepting the weekend is over is a tragedy in itself. While still cuddled under the covers, I checked my gmail messages on the Blackberry. Sitting there were two spammy looking messages from Twitter; or supposedly from Twitter. One [...]
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Old Norse Mythology, Myths, and Gods
3, Jul 2009I am a sucker for random facts; just love them! I rarely remember them but hey, I am silly. As part of my random factoid collection, Norse history is pretty awesome. These Vikings came up with insane gods and goddesses and earthly events that make up the backbone of Scandinavian history. When I [...]
KLM Lost, Delayed Baggage Information
1, Jul 2009After receiving many visitors about KLM’s customer service problems regarding baggage, here is a run down of what to do if your bags are stolen or delayed as well as baggage travel restrictions. The basics: Baggage Allowance Baggage allowance for any airline is a nightmare. Each region, country, airline has restrictions so who the hell [...]
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