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All Work During the Swedish Summer Makes me a Dull Girl

24, Jul 2009

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 2009

I 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), [...]

KLM Lost, Delayed Baggage Information

1, Jul 2009

After 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 [...]

How to pick-up a drunk Swedish boy on Midsommar in 3 steps

27, Jun 2009

Okay we’re teasing the Swedes here but my French friend and I just couldn’t help but tease the strangest holiday of the year. In case you didn’t know, Midsummer occurs on Summer solstice, the longest day of the year as well as the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere. Midsommarafton, celebrated the day [...]

Why KLM is [maybe] the Worst Airline

4, May 2009

Update: 06/27/2009 I told my whole story to our friend Marcus at KLM and he escalated the letter to someone else. Let’s see what happens. Nothing happened. What a surprise, no one from KLM bothered to reply back. Update again: While I think KLM is stupid beyond belief, I still need to fly them. They’re [...]

40 things I learned in Stockholm one year later

20, Sep 2008

It’s been one year since i first visited Sweden. Some of my opinions changed, some are still the same. Check out 2007′s 40 things in Stockholm to get an idea. Let’s see, what did we learn in one year: Stockholm people cannot drive, obey traffic signals, or stop for pedestrians Males who are from Stockholm [...]

Rude Swedes are not an oxymoron

26, May 2008

Yes it seems strange to call Swedes rude but it is true when certain conditions are met. Condition one: In a bar. People will push throw the crowds without ever uttering the words förlåt (sorry). Even if you are lucky to find a place with a table to put your drink down, you can bet [...]

Americanisms in dating…Of wingmen and pilots

11, Apr 2008

I’ve been trying to come up with something to post about this week and life hasn’t been exciting. I thought however we would revisit Þorbjörn, the little swede I met in the US. We had a discussion about meeting someone in a bar in Sweden versus the US. Here are the conversations (edited to make [...]

Ketsumeishi Tabiudo

8, Dec 2007

This is a beautiful song by the Japanese (J-Pop) pop group called Ketsumeishi. Their song Tabiudo is about someone finding himself in the world. I first heard this song while at a screening for the Asia advertisments for Toyota Motor company. The VP of international sales was there and they mailed us a copy of [...]

Man riskerar mycket vid en eventuell förlust

25, Oct 2007

There I was, eating chocolate and loving it. Selling some too. I was getting paid to eat exquisite chocolate. You know, that chocolate that costs upwards of $70 a pound (okay some of them are $40…more reasonable). And I felt lovely. Then I felt like someone was clipping my wings and I wanted to scream. [...]


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