Category Archive: Sweden

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.

 

Pic of the Day: June 5

Pic of the Day: June 5

Open containers on a Swedish bus?  No problem! The delight was compounded by the geek conference-goer beside us, showing off how he hacked his Canon digital …

 

Pic of the Day: June 4

Pic of the Day: June 4

Little did we know that we’d be going on another boat cruise today…instead of a cow, this trip featured a performance by live water nymphs, …

 

Pic of the Day: June 3

Pic of the Day: June 3

We don’t want to give you the wrong idea about Sweden. But when you see a ship captain feeding pretzels to a cow mouth-to-mouth, …