Author: jpallen

Pic of the Day: July 3

Pic of the Day: July 3

We took advantage of Krakow’s 19th annual Jewish Culture Festival to tour the seven synagogues in the neighborhood where we live (Kazimierz).  Poland was once …

 

Pic of the Day: July 2

Pic of the Day: July 2

It’s not every day that JP gets to visit an Informatics ‘Katedra‘ (the Polish word for ‘Cathedral’) but also, in this case, the word for …

 

Pic of the Day: July 1

Pic of the Day: July 1

Before leaving Stockholm, we sought refuge from the heat (I mean, satisfied our deep need for high culture) with a visit to the Nationalmuseum.  Some …

 

Pic of the Day: June 30

Pic of the Day: June 30

You know that the Mrs. has a thing for modernist architecture, right?  I wonder how she was able to clear out Sergels torg, the biggest …

 

Pic of the Day: June 29

Pic of the Day: June 29

Welcome to the midnight korv (i.e., hot dog), Stockholm style. After presenting to a group of Swedish social media experts and entrepreneurs (thanks to Robin & …

 

Pic of the Day: June 10

Pic of the Day: June 10

Örebro University’s end of the year party and BBQ is a major event.  Way in the distance, on stage, is the legendary Swedish singer and …

 

Pic of the Day: June 9

Pic of the Day: June 9

Add to the list of things you never knew you needed the humble bananfodral, or banana case. We were actually trying to shop for an American …

 

Pic of the Day: June 8

Pic of the Day: June 8

Should be immediately obvious why we picked this store for our Swedish mobile phone needs. Next door were the Dubai Gold Shop, and the super kebab …

 

Pic of the Day: June 7

Pic of the Day: June 7

Nothing too unusual about the view from our apartment in Örebro.  Except that it’s 1:30AM. Not much darkness up here.

 

Pic of the Day: June 6

Pic of the Day: June 6

It’s a slug.  It’s black.  It’s a Swedish black slug. Fine photographic work from S. Allen, on the wet forest trails above Skövde.