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Lunch Punsch
Today a Swedish friend invited me to a traditional Swedish pea soup and pancake lunch at a medical student commune/coop in a beautiful building on the outskirts of…
Författare: Joanna Tsai
European Hotel Beds
It seems like everywhere I travel in Europe there are no options for ONE two-person bed. All the rooms just have two…
Lazy Europeans
Europeans have a reputation for being lazy in America. After all, if Americans knew that Europeans have as many as SIX WEEKS…
Do Swedes all look the same?
I have gotten some compliments in Sweden that I am interesting because I am exotic. In other countries this usually refers to…
Sweden's glass
Apparently Sweden has an important history in the field of glass-making, which I didn't know until one of my Fulbright colleagues told me. It's…
there and back again, joanna's tale
I just returned from Berlin after a week-long Fulbright conference (the program that's allowing me to be in Sweden). It was fabulous…
Helsingor pictures
A longer description of my recent journey to Kronborg, the Danish castle that inspired Shakespeare's setting in "Hamlet" can be found on…
Saying Goodbye
In some social situations in the US when I want to leave, I try to sneak out of the room without being…
Miike Snow @ the VEGA
I've just left a small but fun birthday party and the band Miike Snow, pronounced 'Mike Snow,' has popped up on my…