Author: Louis Zezeran

Finally, ive worked up enough material for a blog! Time to celebrate with a drink! Oh wait, I cant go to the booze store today, its sunday.. which leads me to the topic of my discussion Thats right! The Systembolaget which literally translates to "The System Company" and its the only booze store in Sweden.… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… The Systembolaget

So its now something like week 6 here in Sweden and its a rainy sunday morning so time to fill you in on whats been happening here. The more observant amongst you may have noticed I havnt blogged much of late, coming back to my idea that if you dont have anything interesting to blog… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Life In Sweden

Boris my old friend whom I never met, you are gold, gold gold gold. I cant help but think of all the questions Id ask him if he were still with us, Id grab two bottles of vodka, a freezer of good ice and record the whole thing. Heres an actual Boris quote when being… Continue reading One More Time From Dancing Boris

SWEDISH POLICE! Buggers! Where ice T when you need him man? Ok heres how the story begins.. I got my new bike yesterday and its FANTASTIC, super light, super smooth gears, feels great to ride. So I got up this morning and headed off into the glorious Stockholm sunshine, its fabulous, warm sunshine, getting out… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Swedish Police

It has just gone middnight and I can still see light on the horizon, its amazing. At street level its dark but look up and its like sunset tried to finish but just couldn’t. Usually I come home tired as a very tired person and fall alseep but with the excitement of tomorrow im wide… Continue reading Scandinavian Nights

 This is Henry Rollins and last night I saw him do a spoken word show here in Stockholm and he was FUCKEN AWESOME MAN. So who is Rollins and why is this aging alternative icon one of my favourite people in the world? He’s 46, American and he used to be the lead singer of… Continue reading Henry Rollins

Oh cripes, I almost fell off my chair. I TOLD YOU ALL THERE WAS A STATUE OF LENIN IN TALLINN. Ok let me take you back. Id just come back from Finland, tail between my legs and I was checking out Tallinn, I walked along the waters edge to that BFO ugly soviet monument, the… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… I TOLD YOU THERE WAS A LENIN STATUE IN TALLINN

Ok if you logged in 2 hours ago you would have seen a different blog post here, it was long boring and full of crap. awesome. However in the meantime i found a site listing stacks and stacks of great european blogs about all kinds of stuff, so instead in here to amuse you with… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Kick Ass Blogs

Remember that whacky group of kids in Germany just before the turn of the century called The Hitler Youth? What a crazy bunch! Well being the gentle statesman he is, Putin has decided to learn from this, what a fine diplomat! Heres an article in the international edition of Newsweek which is coming out soon,… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… The Putin Youth

Enough with the words already, I only had my camera phone this weekend, 3 nights in Tallin, 1 in Riga, 7:10am flight back to Stockholm monday morning. Love it. The islands off Stockholm, god bless you Tallink and your wonderful party boat. The park where the bronze soldier *used* to be. Someone has left a solitary… Continue reading Baltic Days