This post contains pictures of random details of Swedish everyday life that were, if not unusual, then at least different than what you see in…
In 2006, magenta hair was pretty rare in the United States. It took another 5-10 years for everybody to start dyeing their hair in “fashion…
While visiting my friend in Stockholm, we went to see the Gripsholm castle, which is in a town of Mariefred, a relatively short train ride…
These are signs I saw in Stockholm that make multilingual puns, with the exception of one at the bottom that’s memorable for other reasons. They…
The Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm is kind of like a historic theme park that shows how life in Sweden looked before the historical era.…
… Or at least a close contender. I say this with grudging admiration. While I was in Stockholm, my friend and I went to visit…
After the wedding, M and P rode in a horse-drawn carriage to the reception in the Shakespeare hotel in Vilnius Old Town. M’s and my…
The Orthodox Church of Our Lady of the Sign, where my sister got married M and P on the church steps M and P kiss…
My sister’s wedding took place in a Russian Orthodox church of Our Lady of the Sign. Its full name, translated from Russian, would be something…
My sister M and her husband P got married on May 20, 2006 in Vilnius, Lithuania The wedding took place in a Russian Orthodox church,…