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In the past few weeks the dominant theme has been, ”adaptation”. Not only must we adapt to the notion that in the immediate future we shall no longer live here but also to the fact that we...
We enjoyed seeing all the recent visitors. First of all Gran arrived for the Easter week and for Rune’s birthday. During the Easter vacation a birthday party was also given by a child in...
More action-packed weeks here! Before the next wave of guests arrive from The Netherlands it is time for a quick update. In mid-March Susanna made a short, unscheduled trip to The Netherlands in...
Since we are well aware of the fact that a number of close friends in the Netherlands are currently experiencing difficult times it has been hard to compile this particular blog. By comparison, our...
We can now look back on the two-and-a-half-week Christmas holiday with happy memories. We hope that all our blog readers will have similar happy memories of a relaxed festive season period. For us it...
As this year draws to a close it seems opportune to thank all those who regularly read our blog entries for the kind attention devoted to us and to our affairs. It is, indeed, a huge undertaking, so...
The autumn half-term holiday with Gran was special and enjoyable! We took her to see Karlstad where we visited the Värmlands museum. We read together, had cuddles, walked, lit a fire in a nearby wood...
It’s become very autumnal. Already in the last weekend of September, when two dear friends spent the weekend with us, we noticed that the season was changing. It was so tough of them to opt to...
The boys have now completed 6 weeks at school and Susanna has already been working for 4 weeks. Clearly the lads are now settling down into the daily rhythm of school. Vidar is getting more and more...
The holiday mood continued: Mathijs’s parents visited, it was their first trip to Sweden and we were pleased to see how much they enjoyed the Swedish countryside. It was also great for them to see how...
In our second week in Sweden we soon noticed that we were starting to slow down and feel more at ease. On Sunday we invited three sets of new neighbours around for a “fika”. On one side there is...
In the last blog we mentioned how time had started to fly and it certainly flew fast! It is therefore high time for another report. From our veranda, in the slowly setting evening sun we can tell you...
We have received many kind and warm reactions to our previous blog and it is pleasant and encouraging to realize how various ones are following this project of ours with such interest. Yet again...
In other words: the village awaits you. That’s the message that the landlord and landlady sent us a couple of days ago accompanied by the splendid sunny photo of their property taken from the path...
During the last few weekends we have consciously said farewell to a number of good friends in different and very specific ways, all of which has created yet more precious memories. For instance...
In the past few months we have enjoyed and spent much time with friends and family, all of which has already generated many happy memories. Rune celebrated his 7th birthday with his school friends in...
Yet again, in the past month, a number of important steps have been taken. All in all, we have now managed to establish a degree of certainty regarding work, education, transport and accommodation. It...
In October we intimated in our blog that Vidar was unable to fully grasp all our plans. Things have changed, though, since then. As the matter has become more of a talking point in our household and...
The time has come: we now know when we’ll be moving to Sweden. Sometimes it still seems unreal; what began as a dream is now becoming ever more concrete. We have made two reservations for the...
After that, things here moved very fastOn Friday 12th January photos were taken of our house – inside and out – which, by then, almost looked like a show property. It was clean, smart and the decks...
As already mentioned, within a day of having distributed the flyer in which we made it known that we were looking for a house to rent, we received 9 reactions. That was encouraging! However, none of...
On the morning of Friday, 22nd December there were the usual Christmas celebrations at the children’s school. Since it is a school where parental participation is encouraged, parents were able to...
Our house, our safe and familiar place: in the 16 years that we have lived here much has happened. Dear family member who we must now miss came to this house: Jonny, three grandmothers, three uncles...
This is a question that many have asked.It is a simple and understandable question but there isn’t a straightforward and short answer. There is no one single factor to explain the big attraction. At...
So, the decision has been made. We are going to live in Sweden. The next steps will involve a great deal of selecting, arranging and organizing First and foremost, though, the school. In October we...
Salient point: the mission was to find a good school that corresponds with our wishes and those of the boys. It was soon decided that the best time to travel to Sweden would be during the Dutch...
Gradually the time was ripe for breaking the news to others. First, we shared our plans with the immediate family. We wanted to break the news early on so that especially those closest to us could...
We are pleased – via this platform – to share with you information on how the preparations for our planned move to Sweden, scheduled for the summer of 2024, are going. There is much to tell and...