Step one: Marry someone who will go to Sweden as a visiting researcher and therefore be entitled to a work permit. This is not actually why I married Amanda but is just one of the many perks gained through marriage to her, among which include dealing with her constantly cold feet, especially important now in […]
We have been in Sweden for more than two months now. The first month was spent in Stockholm taking intensive language classes at the Folkuniversitet. Amanda took an advanced class as her Swedish skills are quite good, owing to the fact that her mother is Swedish, her dad speaks Swedish, and she spent summers in […]
“There are rules in Sweden!” This is a phrase we have begun to say quite often. I believe it was coined in 2009 by Amanda’s stepfather, the Swedish Björn Söderberg, a notable figure in chemistry, wine drinking, good humor, and a savage but gracious ping-pong player. Sweden, perhaps owing to long periods of cold and […]