Fika is both a Swedish verb and noun that basically implies “drinking coffee”, usually accompanied by something sweet. In some social circles, even a smörgås or a small meal may be denoted “a fika”. In Sweden pastries in general (for example cinnamon buns) are often referred to as fikabröd meaning fika-bread. Swedes consider having a coffee […]
20 Something Best Age for Long Distance Relationships So I read this article today about a writer explaining how being in your 20’s is the best time to have a long distance relationship and I have to say that I agree with a lot of what she said in this article. Daniel and I were […]
A few of my friends have asked me what I’ve been doing all day while Daniel is at work. I’ve actually been keeping myself quite busy. The first two weeks when I arrived we were furnishing our apartment so that kept me really busy most days and all day. Since then I have been trying […]
So they were not kidding when they said it would take awhile for our furniture to arrive. We received our dining table, chairs, coffee table, a standing mirror, and sideboard today! I’m so excited to see how everything looks once it is put together. As you can see, I went against the Swedish norm and […]
We have yet to fully move into our apartment and Daniel already wants to see houses! We used to go to open houses all the time in Los Angeles. Here in Sweden you must make appointments to see any house for sale. Daniel and I would follow open house signs around the neighborhoods we liked […]