A Place Like This

Tag: Sweden

  • Knut’s Day

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Yesterday was Knut's Day. I would first like to thank all of my friends who called yesterday after they heard about it on NPR. So what's Knut's Day? It is also known in Sweden as tjgodedagknut. Which means it's been 20 days since christmas eve.,when swede's celebrate Jul. One last time around the tree we…

  • Mormor’s Chocolate Cake Cookies

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Every year a well stuffed box, wrapped in brown paper, would arrive at our home from Gotland Sweden,just days before Christmas. In it were lovely knitted items and my grandmother's (mormor) famous chocolate cake cookies. Mom would immediately grab the wodded up newspaper pieces which had been used as packing material. Diligently ,she would start pressing…

  • The Last Day in Sweden

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Though it will be hard to say good-bye, it's time to go. I couldn't leave, however, without one last little celebration. An evening at one of my favorite restaurants in Visby, Isola Bella. The best Italian food outside of Italy.      Good-by Gotland…..until next time.

  • Visby,the city of Roses and Ruins

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    Valarie Budayr
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    I've been blogging for the past couple of weeks from Sweden but more importantly from my family hometown of Visby Gotland. With all of these posts I haven't told you much about Visby so today I thought we would have a look. A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main…

  • The Yellow House Cafe

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    Valarie Budayr
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    It is fairly well known that I love coffee. There isn't a day without a cup or two of the liquid elixir. Gula Huset (The yellow house) is one of the nicest secret treasures of Visby. Open only on saturday and sunday afternoons. This is a lovely retreat to spend a time reading a book, conversating…

  • To the Wall !

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    Valarie Budayr
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    There are just a couple more days left on blogging from Sweden. So with time at a minimum I thought it was high time I did something I've always wanted to do……and that would be to climb "the wall" which wraps itself around the city of Visby Gotland. This desire started when I was about…

  • A Room with a View for a Damsel in a Tower

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Curious?   Finally, after many airline delays and transfers, I made it from Karlskrona Sweden to our hometown of Visby Gotland. I thought I would arrive in the afternoon but when I finally landed it was 10:30 pm . So under the cloak of darkness I found my way up the winding stairs to the tower.…

  • What Brings You Joy?

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Greetings from Astrid Lindgren's house in Sweden,….. and welcome to my second post of the day. I'm so happy to have quick internet again….that's what brings me joy.Sorry I missed you here on Friday but I'm here today. Hi, I'm Valarie, creative entrepreneur who loves to read books and travel. Along with these I'm also…

  • A Morning Market Walk

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Greetings. I hope this finds everyone well. I've had my fair share of bad internet connections,hence the status of being incognito. So where have I been? Well..once we left Stockholm we drove all the way down south to Karlskrona. In-between we had many stops and adventures which will come in later blog posts. The one…

  • Vintage Wanderings

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    Valarie Budayr
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    As we were meandering along country roads on our way to the next castle, we happened to pass over hither and yon to find a very large red barn in the distance. On the side was the word "Antique" or Antik, in Swedish. Who's in? I asked. The car was stopped. All car doors flew…