Big Fat Swede
You don’t get much more Swedish than my husband.
Three more days in Sweden, then it’s hello big, bad world.
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Engstrom Family Reunion
The Engstrom family reunion couldn’t have happened on a more beautiful day. The sun was shining, the Sangis summer was at its finest, the moose were swimming (not kidding, watch the video) and the wine was flowing. Lisa Engstrom put it all together and Martin, her brother, was kind enough to host it at his [...]
Bread Baking Video
This is Martin and his (cute-as-a-button) parents baking bread in the Sangis communal baking house.
Sangis baking house
Sangis has a communal baking house which I’ve seen in pictures throughout the history of the Engstrom family. I’ve never had the privilege of using myself. Well, I’m happy to say that Friday was my Sangis baking house cherry popping day!
The oven is wood fired – it’s the real deal, people! We had to wear long-sleeve [...]
The Duck Race
We are seriously double booked this weekend, as it is the time of both the Engstrom family reunion and the biannual Sangis Days.
While the family reunion of course takes precedence, last night we managed to hit one of the Sangis Day highlights: the Duck Race.
It is basically a lottery where you buy one out of [...]
Surstromming
Before the widespread use of refrigeration in northern Sweden, conservation methods were pretty simple. Throw some salt on your gutted herring (a small fish they pull out of the sea up here), clean out the extracted blood and viscera a few days later, add new salt and brine and voila! Your fish is preserved for [...]
Ice Swamp
Martin’s brother’s baby mamma (or girlfriend or partner, however you want to call it), Ulrica, and her sister have an ancestral farm an hour and a half drive from Sangis, affectionately known as the Ice Swamp. The farm has been in their family since her great-grandfather purchased it. At that time, and up to 50 [...]
Storforsen
This is Storforsen, which roughly translates to the ‘grand rapids’. It is one of the biggest waterfalls in Europe, and I blushingly have to admit that I’ve never visited them before – even though I grew up just 200 kilometers away.
The falls themselves are very impressive: great masses of water hurl themselves down a long, [...]
World’s Most Beautiful Carpet?
I’ve completed my weaving project. What do you think? Could it be the world’s most beautiful carpet? I’ll let you be the judge.
Please keep in mind that I won’t be your friend anymore if you criticize my carpet.
(Stuffed) Animal Farm
If you’ve read Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, you know how nasty little piggies can get. We’ve been warned that you have to keep your eye out for any erratic behavior, but we laughed that advise off. We couldn’t imagine our little fuzzy friend being anything other than a lover of life (and the occasional cocktail). [...]
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