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.