I moved to Sweden on a six month secondment...that was nearly two years ago. Life has a funny way of working out.
My name is Shane and this blog is my Swedish story.

House Hunters International

March 10, 2010

I got an email from a Casting Agent tonight. There I was thinking it was for my charm or my good looks, surely not for my singing? But alas it was a mail from a Casting Agent looking for families or couples who have recently moved to Sweden. Thats me out, maybe just as well [...]

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30 day vegetarian challenge update Week 2

March 9, 2010

So that week went by really fast and I have to be honest I have not missed meat at all!
Its interesting to see the world through a vegetarians eyes. Supermarket shopping for lunch and at the local Thai for lunch…both had good veggie options.
Home cooking is easy, thats the beauty of vegetarian cooking its not [...]

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Everything is hard, until it is easy

March 7, 2010

Today I finally ran Årstaviken. Thats the bay where I live, it is around 5 miles (8k).

You can see my run here
A few things worried me before I set off. A lot of the paths are in the forest so there would be a lot of ice. There was going to be a lot of [...]

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Veggie Jalfrezi

March 6, 2010

I hope those of you who are interested in my 30 day vegetarian challenge are clicking the tab at the top. I am updating that post each day with my food log. Makes sense to do it that way rather than add a post each day on what I had for breakfast
Tonight I [...]

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A rare treat!

March 6, 2010

On Wednesday night I got to see Swansea City’s home ground on Swedish TV. Wales were playing Sweden.  The Swedes won 1-0 which wasnt a bad result considering how many injuries Wales had.

Today though is the real treat, Swansea take on Nottingham Forest away and its on TV4 sport! Its a rare treat to get [...]

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Lars ‘Two Faced’ Ohly

March 5, 2010

You couldnt make this up.
Lars Ohly, leader of the Left Party ‘Vänsterpartiet‘ is against private schools, fair enough thats what I would expect from the Far Left. However Expressen today reveals both of Lars Ohly’s children go to..yes you guess it private schools!!!
Now where a politicians sends his or her kids to school should be [...]

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Help Emma

March 4, 2010

One of the great things about keeping a blog is the email contact from people who are kind enough to write in.
A lady called Emma mailed me this week. There is a chance her partner may start work in Stockholm and they are considering the life changing move to Sverige.
They are visiting next week and [...]

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Shane to go to Melodifestivalen final!

March 4, 2010

I have blogged before on how much the Swedes love Eurovision. I have also blogged on Melodifestivalen. These are the heats held in various Swedish towns to find the ultimate winner that will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest.
I watched Melodifestivalen once and vowed not to watch it again. I cant say I am [...]

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30 day vegetarian challenge – week 1

March 3, 2010

I have created a category (see at the top) so you can click this page for the first week of my vegetarian challenge meals by day.  I thought it would be good to write up each day what meals I have had.  Either as an inspiration to others and so that any experienced veggies can [...]

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100,000 visitors to this blog

March 2, 2010

Wow dear reader you amaze me again.
In the last hour this blog has clocked up its 100,000th visitor since December 2008!
I am really overwhelmed by this, thanks for your visits folks!

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