What They Were Watching in Goteborg
God Jul as they say in Goteborg, this is the Christmas video show that is projected on the massive wall of the Kunstmuseum. It is sound, motion and holiday cheer, and three times a night crowds stream up the main avenue to watch it.
They’re All Watching a Christmas Show!
In Goteborg, each Christmas season there is a video show, projected on the front of a huge building that faces the end of the main boulevard. It shows dancing elves, singing Irish lassies, and tinkerbell, and uses the indentations in the building as part of the show. It’s a huge […]
Sweden’s Full of Babies, Tots and Nursing Moms
Babies, babies, everywhere in Sweden you see a parade of prams and the shuffling of tiny feet. Our guide Ingrid told us that they are seeing another baby boom here, so many young people are having children in Sweden. If our three-days so far give an accurate read, we’d say […]
How Expensive IS Sweden?
I asked myself before we flew over here…is Scandinavia the world’s most expensive place to visit? Sadly for the tourism boards, it has been painted this way to Americans, but after three days here I would have to disagree. Here are some of the things we paid for and how […]
Welcoming Bounteous Christmas Spirit in Sweden
Sweden, more than any other place I’ve visited, really knows how to get into the Christmas spirit. That’s Christmas, not that lame ‘happy holidays’ we get back home. Today we got a chance to wallow in St. Nick, in this city of 500,000 that was founded back in 1621. We […]
Gothenberg, Sweden: The Lights are Low and Mellow
We arrived in Gothenberg Sweden today, pretty jetlagged and happy to dive into our soft down beds at the Elite Hotel in the center of this seaside city. On the plane I was briefly thrilled to be able to get on the Internet using the soon-to-be-discontinued Connextion service by Boeing. […]
Flying to Sweden Tonight
Today I am up early thinking about what I need to do before we fly tonight. We are going to Sweden for a week’s trip, visiting the city of Goteborg on the Western coast. I have not thought that much about this destination, letting the place just sneak up on […]
Obama: "You Better Not Make Fun of My Big Ears"
Barack Obama was in New Hampshire and coasting to the beat. Everybody was loving what he was saying, and he was quickly being annointed as the savior. At one point he was finished speaking, and he sought out columnist Maureen Dowd of the NY Times. “Hey you,” he said, wading […]