Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Different Tastes in Different Countries



New post to my Expat in Sweden Blog "Eating Foreign Food in Sweden" 
http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/?p=2228

Sunday, September 23, 2012

How to Keep a Californian Dog Warm in Stockholm


I just published on Sweden.se..."Shopping for a Winter Jacket" or  "how to keep a Californian dog warm in Stockholm")  http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/2012/09/23/shopping-for-a-winter-jacket/

You should see the one I returned! (Check out the photo at the link above.)




Friday, September 21, 2012

“Winter is Coming” to Sweden


Stockholm City Hall. Photo by: Anna Andersson/imagebank.sweden.se


Please read my recent post "Autumn in Stockholm...“Winter is Coming”" over at Sweden.se

Sunday, September 16, 2012

"Rabbit" the Dog Learns to Ride Escalators and More

Read more about how "Rabbit" is learning how to navigate the Stockholm subway system...

http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/2012/09/15/navigating-the-stockholm-subway-with-my-dog/

Stockholm Subway. Photo by Cecilia Larsson/imagebank.sweden.se


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A Vital Tip for Expats Invited to a Crayfish Party


I just posted "A Vital Tip for Expats Invited to a Crayfish Party" on the Sweden.se Expat blog...Check out what you need to know!

http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/2012/09/12/a-vital-tip-for-expats-invited-to-a-crayfish-party/

Crayfish. Photo by Cecilia Larsson/imagebank.sweden.se

Monday, September 10, 2012

A New Voice Joins Sweden.se's Expat Blog


Please read my newest post A New Voice Joins the Expat Blog

at: http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/2012/09/10/a-new-voice-joins-the-expat-blog/

Riddarholmen, Stockholm. Photo by Ildikó Lukács/imagebank.sweden.se

Switching Venues For Awhile

Dear readers,

I wrote a blog for 6 months for the Swedish government about what it was like to come to Sweden for work. Now I have been offered the opportunity to blog for them about being an expat. This basically covers what I write about here on my private blog. (There are a few exceptions...things I can't write about for them that I can write about here but we will see...).For now, please switch to reading my posts at Sweden.se.

Read the expat blog at http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/.

You can subscribe to it at http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/feed.

I expect to return to blogging here when the Sweden.se blog is finished so please don't cancel your subscription here. For those of you who find it more convenient, I will also  post links to the Sweden.se posts whenever they are published.

Thanks for being such loyal and interested readers! 

- Kristin Lund

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Swedish Women's Soccer Gets a Boost


A little over a month ago, I wrote on this blog about my undying passion for Women’s Soccer. More specifically, I was discouraged by the challenges of watching the Olympic women’s soccer matches on TV in Sweden—especially when it wasn’t necessarily the Swedish team playing. I love watching the US women play and they did, in case you missed it, win 2012 Olympic gold.

Pia Sundhage


I also mentioned how wonderful the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) coach, Pia Sundhage is. I admire her enthusiasm, her soccer knowledge, her fun and calm attitude and of course, her winning record with the US team. To quote Sports Illustrated, "In just under five years with the U.S., Sundhage compiled an 89-6-10 record, winning two Olympic gold medals and finishing second at the 2011 World Cup."

Pia Sundhage, as I mentioned in my last post, is Swedish.

And now…

She’s just announced that she is stepping down as coach of the USWNT and moving back to Sweden to become the head of the Swedish National team.

Whahooo! This is great news. I am not the hugest fan of how the Swedish national team currently plays and I think Pia will bring great energy and new ways for the team to come together and play great soccer. (Note: Nice slide show of Pia on the Swedish page linked above. It's written in Swedish but just click the small blue box nearly half way down that says "Visa bildspel.")


Marta

Marta Vieira da Silva (known simply by her first name like all the Brazilian greats), who many say is the best female player in the world, comes from Brazil. She played in the professional league in the US and I saw her play many times for my home team, FC Gold Pride in the Bay Area. (now defunct league…don’t ask…painful subject). Marta previously played professionally for Umeå in northern Sweden. Why am I writing about Marta? Well because Marta also decided to move back to Sweden a few months ago and she signed with Tyresö FF here in Stockholm.

Awesome, Ted! (What? You never watched “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”?)

Two last points...


* Please don’t fail to notice that I am a trailblazer…both these women made their decisions after I moved from the US to Sweden.  (lol)

* Birthdays (I'm just saying...)
  • Pia Sundhage: February 13
  • Marta: February 19
  • Kristin Lund: February 21