Tragedy
Bil carful — I’m no l0n63r 1337
According to the Swedish Rules(TM), one has to register his/her bil about a week after (permanently) entering the country. Which is a joke, really, because you can’t get anywhere without your personnummer or a Swedish bank account. Moreover, you can sail any shore in the EU for at least up to six months without changing … Continue reading
Can’t get enough, lov
One day Johannes came back from school and told us that next week is sportlov. Sportlov? Never heard of that. Turns out that sportlov is a week of school holidays that had been introduced a long time ago to avoid the high costs of heating the school buildings during the coldest weeks of winter. Nice. … Continue reading
Three steps forward, one step back
The first month in Sweden has passed. We’re getting ready to calm down, settle and begin our new life. Slowly. In a few days, hopefully all our stuff with be delivered here to our new home smoothly. In the last two weeks, we took several steps forward, like applying for a Swedish ID kort in … Continue reading
A mixed bag
How’s it going so far for us in 2022? Not great, not terrible. We’re only second on the list for the furnished apartment from Juliet. Why? We don’t have a personnummer. That’s a downer. Chances for getting it are pretty slim now. Our hotel didn’t burn down. Yay! Looks like somebody forgot his/her food on … Continue reading
Välkommen och hej (då)
We slept well for the first night in our new temporary beds. We tried to prepare mysli but we found out that we did not have bowls. So we ate it from drinking glasses, the modern way of eating muesli 🙂 But no worries, the receptionist provided us with bowls so this was the only … Continue reading