Needless to say, language is incredibly important. And of course so is knowing the language of the country you live in. So this blogpost will be about how I am doing with learning Swedish. All my life, I have always enjoyed learning languages. In school I have learned Latin, English, French, Spanish and after school…
After some cloudy weeks the sun is back again. Now the days are noticeably longer (the sun sets after 16:00h and rises shortly after 8:00h) and the sun rises higher up in the sky with each day. On one hand that makes me kind of sad, because it means that the super short winter days…
The last few days have been a rush but now I finally feel like I am somewhat done and am sitting in front of a cozy fire writing this. First of all I want to wish a very happy new year to everyone who I didn't write it personally too. All of those who I…
After a long day on the road, my Dad and I arrived in Jönköping around 20:00h. As I have written in my previous post, we started driving in the morning at around 6:30h and we drove all day. From Neuss to Puttgarden, then with the ferry to Rodby, a few hours driving through Denmark, then…
Tomorrow is the day that I will finally start off to Sweden, so today I mainly spent packing the rented van and some last belongings to get everything ready. I started the day off taking some last pictures in our garden, that was covered in frost this morning. What a beautiful sight to wake up…
There'll Always Be Unforgettable Memories Behind Your Goodbyes. The last weeks and days have been full of farewells and goodbyes. And even though I have chosen to move to another country, saying goodbye to so many people that I appreciate and love and enjoy having in my life was one of the hardest parts in…
I can count the days until my move to Sweden. And that's exactly what I am doing! 10 days until I arrive at my new home, 9 until I leave everything that I have known behind and start the journey up north. I am already checking the weaher forecast everyday and I am so happy…
Only a few weeks are left before I move to Sweden. 2,5 weeks to be precise! I finished sorting out things that I want to take with me today and now I only have the things from my bedroom left to pack into boxes. If you're curious what that looked like, check out the following…
A few weeks ago I wrote about some big changes happening in my life at the moment, however I could not quite put into words yet what was/is happening. Right now I am on a short trip to a little village in the south of the Netherlands and I finally feel like I have somewhat…
Ina Margret 