The Lindahl News: Abroad Edition

Now that we have been home for a couple of weeks, the questions we get from friends and family can sum up to: What daily experiences there will you try to incorporate here?   What will you miss most about life in Sweden?  Did you have a good time?   What did you miss the most from "back home"? How did you like living in Sweden?  I'll keep most of the answers to the questions brief, but delve in to one specifically in more depth. Let's work from the bottom of the list to the top: We loved living in Sweden.  It is a breath-takingly beautiful country. From the shores of lakes and seas to the forests, farmlands and countryside - it is one lovely country. Good food and good folk, too. We missed our family and friends a lot. A lot! Crazy as it may sound, I missed some of my American TV shows:  Dateline, CBS Sunday Morning, Dancing With the Stars.  We did get some fun TV there, though, especially the reality show Allt for Sverige which...

 A day of celebrating books with a published author as a keynote speaker? Count me in! Though this author is new to me, it was good to get exposure to a Swedish author. Her talk was translated to our American group, thank goodness! For those of you who would like a language challenge on your own, here's her profile from Wiki. Sara Lövestam Sara Lövestam Sara Lövestam 2012 Född 13 juli 1980 (38 år) Uppsala Yrke Författare Nationalitet Svensk Språk Svenska Verksam 2009 – Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam , född 13 juli 1980 i Uppsala , är en svensk författare . Lövestam lärde sig skriva redan som treåring och fick vid åtta års ålder en dikt om miljöförstöring publicerad i Östersunds-Posten . Det var tidigt hennes mål att bli romanförfattare, och hon hade flera bokmanus i bagaget när hon 2009 vann Piratförlagets manustävling Bok-SM 2009 med manuset till vad som blev debutromanen Udda . Lövestam skriver såväl för vuxna, som för ungdomar o...