I missed posting both Tuesday and Thursday so in today’s post I will try to sum up the week that passed and what is coming up tomorrow. I really hope that this week was an exception and my life will be back on track again so this lack of posting […]
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First Impression If you are on vacation in Sweden your first impression might be that Swedes are unfriendly, distant, and very quiet. And you would be partly correct. But that is until you get to know them a little better. Today I want to explain some of the traits we […]
So today I am looking back, and I am going to share some statistics and numbers with you but regardless of what the numbers say I am very happy with these results. The response I have gotten from my friends are overwhelmingly positive, and my own feeling as I continue […]
The silent Swede or why Swedes don’t talk to strangers Very often when people meet us Swedes for the first time, their first impression of us is that we are quiet, distant, and maybe even unfriendly. And that is partly correct. But that is just until you get to know […]
Why todays topic? There have been more times than I can count since I first moved to the US 18 years ago that people who meet me for the first time mistake Sweden for Switzerland. This is more common than people actually know where Sweden is, or know anything about […]
It has now been five days since I launched A Swedish Fika, and I will try to collect some thoughts about this time. I will try to look at what has happened, both good and not soo good, in parts. First I will talk about the audio podcast, secondly the […]
Every Tuesday I will write a bit about my upcoming podcast episode, today being the first post of the kind. Here I will talk shortly about what topic I have chosen and why. But before I get into today’s post I just want to announce a few changes in my […]
Introduction Hejsan hej is my welcome phrase. It is Swedish and translates to hello, hi. I am PixelPia and I am a Swede living in the US. I moved here in 2003. The reason for this podcast is that I want to share with the world a little bit about […]
As I am starting to write this it is 12 hours and 14 minutes until my first episode of a Swedish Fika goes live on most podcast apps. I can’t believe it is that close. I really started to work on this back in April when I did a general […]
Now it is getting close, and today’s image perfectly represents how I feel at the moment. Two days to go, I can’t believe how fast the time has flown. I have worked hard, and very soon we will see if that work pays off. I know that it will probably […]