post från sverige idag!

post från sverige idag!

i have been getting requests to WRITE MORE and POST PICTURES.

well, i am not in sweden yet, so i dont know how interesting things could get, but i will give you an update!

my favorite part about today was that the savory scone at tealuxe was pear + gorgonzola..[haha! i am kidding! Eli will appreciate that!]

my real favorite part of today was the mailman brought me mail from sweden! it was my paper work for my insurance and work visa! things are getting formal and i am getting giddy!

bad news for my cooking class. . . CLASS IS FULL! ugh.

so, when life hands you lemons you make LEMON CHIFFON! i have been spreading the word to friends that i, colette will come into your kitchen and prepare dinner for your family/roommates/large groups of people! i need practice, tips, advice, and what a reason for a social gathering! my first get together is with liz and her boyfriend who is a CHEF! perfect!

i am not completely hopeless in the kitchen, but just a little intimidated by cooking meat and i feel there could be room for improvement. i want to impress the family!

i know i sent an email blast about collecting recipes. i have been adding them to my "favorite dinner dishes of my loved ones" so i can cook and eat your top dinner choices in stockholm! dont be shy! i can never have too many!!

i have signed up for a CPR/First Aid class! cooking, saving lives, learning swedish. . .

I AM READY!

i am getting together little mail packs for the children! which will include photos, a letter (in swedish so i can practice!), sweets and other good things! i hope to be pen pals before we meet in january! i can not wait to meet the children! 

a little change of plans on the december whereabouts. . .

i will be in ALBANY, NEW YORK selling Lindt chocolate at Nate's shop! He has graciously invited me into his store for holiday help and the paperwork is already being transfered! 

Perhaps Bill will come back for the fun and it will be like the good old days like it was in Vermont! [oh lord. . .]

boston! one month + 18 days to go! >>

I dreamed I was off to California to see Brieanne! It is her birthday tomorrow, and just in time, I remembered how to say Happy Birthday in swedish!:

GRATTIS PÅ FÖDELSEDAGEN! 

[hopfully she gets this at the library in san francisco tomorrow! xoxo]

i have been taking photos with my Holga camera lately, so i have photos of my new neighborhood and journey to work. [see top. . .i am new at this uploading photo thing, so forgive me for the random placement!]

Happy October!

xoxo.

Hejsan! Första. . .

hejsan to all!

i finally set a blog spot for my upcoming Sweden adventures!

i hope with my photographs and entries you can experience the country and culture with me!

i have been taking swedish lessons since this past february. it started at the boston language institute and now i meet with a tutor, [stig!] once a week på svenska lektion!

why sweden colette?

my very first favorite song in life dates back to 1989 when roxette's "joyride" was on the radio, and i was still in a car seat.

for almost 20 years, whatever ends up in my path from sweden i have become fascinated with on a whole new level. i have decided it is time to finally feed the curiousity, see a fresh perspective and experience a new culture [-something exciting for someone who has never been out of the country!]

thus brainstorming the idea of AU PAIRING. i want to LIVE with a swedish family. i want to HEAR swedish, interact with swedish children, be a part of the culture and live it first hand.

traveling to a hostile and having danish beer just wont cut it. . . 

i have found a beautiful family outside of Stockholm (about 30 mins north) in a community called Danderyd. Familjen Runsten ha två barn, en pojke och en flicka.  Pojken som heter Alexander och är tio år och flickan som heter Louise och är åtta år.  

[The Runsten Family has two children, a boy and a girl. The boy's name is Alexander and is 10 years old and the girl who's name is Louise is 8 years old.]

I am in the process of getting au pair visas situated and paper work settled. 

I found the family on aupair.com, a site that is new to both parties! We first has contact the end of May of this year.  We were fortunate to meet a few weekends ago in NYC, where Eola and her husband Mika were on business trip.

They are very pleasant, welcoming, and encouraging people! I wanted to go back to sweden with them then!

Eola seemed proud of my "vänster" and "höger" written on my hands! [left and right.]

they even laughed when i got excited at the end of our drinks when i raised my empty coffee cup with delight, "WOW! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I CAN SAY IT: 'tack for kaffet!'" Which is a heavily used phrase in sweden after someone offers you coffee, "thanks for the coffee!"

The time line of boston has its days numbered.

almost 3 years, at the best school, the best people along the way, and it only gets better!

i have moved out of my allston neighborhood, and now reside in the breathtaking north end. [phots to come!]

i have given my beloved tea shop and chocolate shop my notice, november 16.

then off to california to see my best girl in san fran, and then san diego for family adventures.

back to vermont for the month of december.

then! off to sweden for 2009. . . 

thanks for reading! 

+ stay tuned! 

ha det så bra!

[have it so good!/have a good one!]

xoxo.

colette.