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Sweden is such a nice country, even after having a year and a half of holidays, I get an extra 3 weeks in July because all of Sweden shuts down in this month to enjoy the 4 hours of sunlight they get annually. So whats a guy to do with some time on his hands… Continue reading Where The Bloody Hell Is Georgia?

Im sitting here at work first thing in the morning feeling a bit bored, not an uncommon thing given its July and Swedish business virtually shuts down over this time, so im sitting and thinking. Im thinking about my thoughts and impressions of Eesti and how they have changed over time. Theres been a lot… Continue reading Smoke Sauna Of Fiscal Policy

So this week Sochi in Russia won the bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Great Success! One of the major factors attributes to this win is the main man himself, your favourite ex KGB bad ass and mine, President Putin flying down to Guatemala himself to give a speech and not just any… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Putin Speaks to IOC, In English!

It has only taken me 3 months but today I visited that most Swedish of institutions… IKEA*! So this one is like IKEA big time, a MASSIVE store over about 17 thousand levels**. Since I am now Volvo-less I had to catch the train out there, who ever heard of catching a train to IKEA?… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Swedish IKEA!

So whats it like working in Sweden? AWESOME, is the answer! A small photo gallery of my office I work for a consulting company in the city, meaning they hire us and then we get pimped out to our clients to do work for them. My company is great, they really look after you, as… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Working In Sweden

Check out the new photos from the weekend So, what is this midsummers holiday thing we dont have in Australia? See up here, the days get much looonger in the summer, not quite fully white but still quite nice even at middnight. That means also the days are much shorter in winter but never mind… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Midsummers

On friday, Sigrid and I went back to Nõo High School to see our mates, Jordan and Taavi graduate. High School graduation is a pretty big thing there, everyone is dressed up in their formal clothes and the ceremony goes for ages, every student gets a clap and the school hall is over flowing with… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Estonian Gümnaasium Graduations

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