So This is Ikea

Sweden: home to H&M, Volvo, The Pirate Bay, Absolut Vodka, Spotify and also guest home to Skype and Sony-Ericsson. Another popular brand with roots in Sweden is none other than Ikea, the home goods store known to many near and far. Prior to my...

11 May 2012  0 Comments

There's Just Something About That Wagon

I love cars! There is something about the sleekness of a well-designed car, that makes me go ooh la la! Back in the day when I was at university (as if that was so long ago right?) I use to study cars. I had a car magazine that I kept with me at a...

30 April 2012  0 Comments

Fruit Salad

Last week I went into the supermarket and headed straight for the produce section. Into my basket went strawberries, pineapple, mango, kiwi - oh what a beautiful fruit salad this was to be. Some of my favorites! As I walked away out of the corner ...

28 April 2012  0 Comments

The Sun Must Be Tired

The sun must be tired. It has spend the last week and a half dancing across the sky and I couldn't be happier. I can see that I am not the only one either. It seems that here in little Skovde the sun has a positive effect not only on nature but th...

24 April 2012  0 Comments

Pure Peach

I think I spoke to soon. I had just finished writing a post about being able to survive in Sweden with only English when I was gently reminded why Swedish is actually a useful language to know in Sweden (smiles). The past few weeks have been busy:...

20 April 2012  0 Comments

Rebecca Francis

About

Once upon a time there was a girl called Beckie. One day this girl decided to travel further East from the United Kingdom to the little, big country of Sweden. She thought it would be interesting to dabble in the life sciences at the Högskolan I Skövde and henceforth this blog begins….

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