Summer in Sweden: Final photo roundup

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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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Caption winner: Both too filling and too cold

The captions all go with this photo.

Newcomer January took the an early lead in the poll this week, but veteran and dialog specialist jdk caught up sometime yesterday and made it a race all the way to the end.

As a matter of fact, the two remained locked in a race even when the voting was over. That's right: We had another tie. [more]

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Caption voting: Too filling, too cold or too bright

The captions all go with this photo.

I'm happy to see so many newcomers to the caption contest! It seems like lately, we've been welcoming at least one new caption writer every week. This week, ZZ Type and January are joining the game.

In the poll this week: jdk, January and kikaida.
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Caption contest: Hale'iwa shave ice

The captions all go with this photo.

We've been talking for a while about taking the family on a North Shore trip for some beach play time, a lunch picnic in the grass and then cap it off with shave ice at Matsumoto's.

We were finally able to do that during the Easter weekend, and it was just as great as we had hoped it would be. [more]

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Caption winner: Brainwashing kids with fountain water

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It's been a while since we had this many good captions to choose between. With suggestions from four new submitters in the mix, Zee and I went back and forth with our personal favorites and finally came up with a ranking. [more]

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Sweden: Final photo roundup

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I thought I'd cap off our posts of our trip to Sweden with a roundup of random photos. [more]

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Caption contest: Sharing wisdom by the fountain

By the fountain

I think both Zee and I have a hard time retiring the Sweden trip subject for our blog. I know she's planning to post one more batch of photos, so I figured I'll pick one for this week's caption contest as well.

This one is from a place located near a part of Gothenburg City known as Järntorget, which translates to "The Iron Square." [more]

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... and Date Night in the City of Gothenburg

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On another kid-free date, Andreas and I met up with his brother and sister in the evening for some shopping and dining in the city. We had a great time. Here are a few random pictures I took while we strolled about. [more]

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Date Day at IKEA ...

Mmmm. I was so happy. Instead of mashed potatoes, I had my meatballs with fries. And for dessert, I devoured a heart-shaped strawberry cake. The entire meal for both of us was about $10.

I think it's safe to say our trips to IKEA — founded in Sweden in 1943 — will become a "Date Day" tradition whenever we travel to Gothenburg. Andreas and I once again enjoyed roaming the massive furniture store imagining how we would furnish and decorate our dream home, and eating in IKEA's famous restaurant. [more]

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Withdrawals from the Brown Gold of Sweden

The manly version of snus, in this case a can of Grovsnus, is enjoyed as an olive-sized pinch shoved under the upper lip.

Every time I go to Sweden, including during our recent two-week vacation, I do snus, a spectacular drug that's both legal and ubiquitous.

Because I only do snus during my vacation, I don't bring any of it with me when I go back to Hawai'i and I'm now having withdrawals from this wonderful pasteurized tobacco product. [more]

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