Monthly Archives: May 2024

As we arrived at the lake this afternoon, we spotted a big family group at the picnic area. The women were preparing food while the men sat around. Mirinda joking said it was probably my classmates from SFI. As we … Continue reading →

Today, in class, I was basically working on my own. The teacher handed out sheets that had sentences printed on them with certain words missing. The class had to supply the missing words. They were mostly verbs. In most cases … Continue reading →

Today, there were eventually four of us in class. Two of them turned up late. The teacher started off teaching just me. One of the first things she said to me referred to the importance of being punctual. She then … Continue reading →

I find it fascinating how different races behave. Women snorting great globs of phlegm, for instance. I guess it’s what you’re used to, but I don’t like it. I remember being surprised that the slurping eating in China didn’t really … Continue reading →

I attended my first SFI (Swedish for immigrants) class today in Vagnhärad. My teacher, an amazing Syrian woman who was once a civil engineer, took me through a lot of basics. There wasn’t much English spoken. I spent three and … Continue reading →

Mirinda decided today was a day of rest. Her decision had nothing to do with it being Mother’s Day (mors dag) here in Sweden. It had even less to do with the fact that it was a Sunday. While not … Continue reading →

Most mornings, after finishing and publishing my blog post, I’ll have a look back at various old posts from around the same time. It never ceases to amaze me how much they have changed. I started off writing in a … Continue reading →

When I woke up this morning, the predicted rain was falling outside. I looked out of the window and sighed. It looked like I’d be getting wet on my walk to the ICA. And I could almost hear the mozzies … Continue reading →

I popped into Trosa this morning in order to collect the book I need for next week’s SFI classes and checked out the sign in the window of the ex-SEB building. Rather than anything concrete about the bank leaving, it … Continue reading →

This week is turning out to be full of new arrivals. Today, especially, saw the arrival of the newest member of our family. Henrik brought it over this afternoon, all the way from Nyköping. Meet Tig II. (Tig I is … Continue reading →