Only a couple of weeks to go until Midsummer so time to prepare yourself and if you don’t know what you need to do here is a little guide - Swedish Midsummer for Dummies.

We made a tough decision the other week, Pollux is not coming to Australia with us. After having had a serious discussion about it, weighing pros and cons for him coming, we decided it’s best for him to stay in Sweden. He’s my best friend, my little soul mate that has been there for me through happiness and sadness the last 7 years and it will be very tough leaving him. But he’s almost 8 years old by the time he can leave and it doesn’t seem fair to put him through the long flight and a month of quarantine when I know he’ll be well looked after back here and will be happy. Especially since we would have to leave him alone all day when we’re at work too (no doggy kindy in Australia) and he gets company all day back here and lots of walks.

Sweden got a smashing win at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Baku, Azerbaijan this weekend (if someone managed to miss it). The competition, both the local one where the country’s representative is picked and the international one are big events in Sweden and CNN has made an analysis to this phenomena. Why CNN find that so important is somewhat unclear but reading their analysis is quite entertaining. Read more

The latest addition to Ibolya Vass’ Memories of Sweden range – cufflinks. Love it!

Att flytta inom Sverige kan vara nog så omständigt men vid en flytt utomlands får ordet flytt en helt ny innebörd. Det är en hel rad av saker att tänka på och fundera över och jag tänkte jag skulle dela med mig av min ständigt växande lista av saker att förbereda. Kanske kan den vara till hjälp för någon som hamnar i samma situation som jag nu är i. Och ser ni som redan gjort en utlandsflytt något viktigt jag har missat får ni naturligtvis hemskt gärna tipsa mig om detta.

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After an amazing weekend in Prague it’s back to reality again. I’ll give you an update about the weekend and upload photos when I can find the time. Until then I’ll just share this beautiful view over Prague from the Prague Castle in Malá Strana.

When in Oz you have to have a footy team that you go for.  For those of you that might be indecisive I’ll pass on a photo Marie shared in the Swaussie Facebook page that might help you make up your mind.

Through a Swedish camera blog I follow I found out about American Kelly Moore‘s really nice camera bag collection. It’s such a great idea to actually design a camera bag that doesn’t look like an ugly camera bag but more like a normal handbag. I’m surprised no one thought of that before (or maybe someone did and I’ve missed it). Anyway, I think it’s awesome and want to share it with you here in the blog.

My favourite, the Classic bag.

Som en bonus pågår t om 29 maj dessutom en tävling i Linas blogg där du kan vinna en valfri Kelly Moore väska men om du inte har turen att vinna så går det ju lika bra att skrapa ihop sparslantarna och gå in på Fotobag.se och köpa en själv.

Spotify announced yesterday that it’s now possible for everyone Down Under to sign up for this great music service, one of Sweden’s best inventions ever. With Spotify you can search for artists, songs or albums and start playing without having to download the tracks. You can create playlists and share music with friends.

There are three  different plans available, one of them being free but then you have to live with the fact that they play ads every now and then and there is a restriction to the hours you may use the service and how many times you’re allowed to play a track. it gets pretty annoying so I would recommend you to chose either the Unlimited plan for $6.99/month which gets rid of the ads and gives you unlimited usage or the even better  Premium plan (that I have here in Sweden) for $11.99 giving you enhanced sound quality and the possibility to use the service both online, offline and on your computer or mobile as well.

We recommend you to visit the homepage and get on board straight away!