Living La Vida Lunda: A blog abroad

Helped the kids pack up for their camping trip on Friday morning, then headed for Malmö with Carole, a friend from the Stadsparken walking group. She invited me to join her for the first post-covid meeting of ICS, which was formed about 20 years by a group of women from the Malmo area. They arrange…

The last few weeks have been so very busy with new activities, more office visits and work travel for Bryant, more clubs and socializing. I even had my first meeting with the women’s birding group in Lund. I am the only non Swedish speaker and it will take time to fit in. They were welcoming…

Spectacular weather this week and so many happenings that I couldn’t keep up! Lisa, head of Lund’s Family History Center reached out (months after my initial query), offering to show me how to use the digital Arkiv of Swedish records, even though the center is not yet reopened yet post covid. She explained a lot…

After a fast paced summer and the initial excitement of returning to school, it feels like our break came to a screeching halt. L caught a cold as soon as school started. And I guess we’ve all let down our guards a bit because I got the cold as well. I did meet up with…

Just a couple of miles from Lund is this amazing, mysterious site. It doesn’t look like much, but under out feet are treasures from the past. Hopefully more funding will allow them to emerge. My detectorist’s* curiousity is piqued! Here is the description at the entrance… We invited friends from Malmö to join us for…

Neither kid wanted me to walk with them to school. ISLK had half day/morning, while Katte had half day/afternoon tours, staff presentations and class schedule pick up. So I walked H most of the way (she made me leave her at the Old Town wall/rampart) to her group’s designated entrance, watched from a discreet distance…