Last year, I capped off our Swedish blog posts with a roundup of random photos. So I thought I'd do it again. And a big thank you to all who followed us throughout our trip! [more]
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 On our final full day in Sweden, Andreas and I decided to spend the morning once again exploring Sannegårdshamnen, the area where his parents recently moved in Gothenborg. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Serenity in Sannegårdshamnen  A visit to Gothenburg would not be complete without a stop at IKEA — founded in Sweden in 1943. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Return to IKEA  We decided to spend a recent rainy day in Gothenburg's Universeum, a seven-story nature and science museum that's great for kids of all ages. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Snakes, sharks, monkeys and more at Universeum  Summering in Sweden has become an annual tradition for our family. For the past four years, we've spent a couple weeks with Andreas' parents in Gothenburg. It's always a wonderful experience, an opportunity for our two girls to reconnect with their Swedish family and heritage, and a chance for me to satisfy my wanderlust. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Our home away from home  And so, as our daughters dig their escape from the weekly caption contest they've been subjects of for a year, they make their exit via a dialog caption. Congratulations, jdk! As a bonus, here's a list of all those who took home a medal in the contest in the past year. Is your name on the list? [more]
» See full post: Caption winner: Digging out  9 comments  Caption contest  beach, Caption contest, China, dig, Farfar, Farmor, final, Ko Olina, list, medal count, pirate, poll, sand, sandbox, Sweden, treasure To save ourselves the trouble of having to choose three captions for the poll this week, we decided we didn't want to leave anybody out. Everyone who submitted an entry has a spot in the poll. [more]
» See full post: Caption voting: Everyone is welcome in the poll  "What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories." — George Eliot [more]
» See full post: Until next time, farmor and farfar  I know I say this every Wednesday but I just have to say it again today: It was very hard for Zee and me to decide on the three captions that move on to the poll this week. Please vote for your favorite caption before tomorrow Thursday at 9 p.m. [more]
» See full post: Caption voting: 'On' switch, Sweden dreams or royal oath? This past weekend, our 3-year-old daughter showed a lot of interest in our globe, which I'll bring out on occasion in an effort to seize a teaching moment. The sudden globe enthusiasm started on Saturday, when our daughter and I were singing a Swedish children's song together and it must have reminded her of Farmor, her Swedish grandmother. [more]
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