Summer activities

budu cucoriedky so slahackou (nevyslahanou) a mliekom - typicka svedska letna zalezitost// ready for typical swedish summer dessert - blueberries with cream and milk

Boston - a new member of family Slotte// Boston novy clen rodiny Slotte

those Swedish forests// tie svedske lesy

fika in the forest// fika/piknik v lese

nununu

on the way back from the forest we stop at the local fish smokehouse and bought some fresh smoked fish// na ceste domov sme sa zastavili v lokalne udiarni a kupili sme cerstvo vyudene svedske ryby

another batch of blueberries// dalsia davka cucoriedok 

20 degrees but that doesn´t hinder Swedes from going to the pool // vonku 20 stupnov, ale to nebrani Svedom ist na kupalisko

still discovering new viewpoints in Stockholm// stale objavujem nove vyhliadkove miesta v Stockholme

picnic with girls// piknik

on a Swedish beach// na svedskej plazi

blueberry marathon// cucoriedkovy maraton

this is how blueberries and strawberries are eaten in Sweden// takto sa to tu jedia tie cucoriedky a jahody

evening run in Jönköping// vecerny beh v Jönköpingu

Slovak evening with parenica, klobása, horcica, kysla kapusta, slivovica a mojitos...and Mikael´s brother then after quite a few shots and mojitos went back home  by bike-  he is getting the Slovak culture quite fast (because Swedes don´t break rules)// slovensky vecer s parenicou, klobasou, horcicou, kyslou kapustou, slivovicou a mojitami. A Mikaelov brat to potom po niekolkych poldecakoch a mojitach odbicykloval domov - celkom sa tej nasej kulture rychlo poducil (lebo Svedi pravidla neporusuju)

hrame zolika a pijeme jahodove mojito - pozdravujeme oci a este raz dakujeme za zasoby// playing cards and drinking strawberry mojitos - thanks to my dad for the drink supplies

vyberame zemiakovu urodu// picking potatoes

and here they are cooked// a tu su uz uvarene

vyklapaci most aby plachetnice mohli prejst// tipping brigde so that sailing boats can cross

CELEBRATING SWEDISH MIDSOMMAR

17th June it was exactly 6 months since I arrived in Sweden. In that time I have managed to finish the first semester of my master program,  met like 100 people from different corners of the world, started to attend Swedish classes, read around 15 books in easy Swedish, kept practicing Bikram yoga and helping in the studio and last but not least got the Swedish person number.

It hasn´t been roses all the way  but that´s life, right? There were days when I felt homesick for both Slovakia and Vienna. The thing about living in a foreign country is that you don´t completely belong there and when you are finally home, you don´t belong there either. But that probably is fate of global citizens :) We take what suits us from different cultures.

At the weekend we celebrated the Swedish midsommar which is the longest day in Sweden and now we are slowly heading back to the dark times :( During the traditional midsommar celebrations girls wear flower crowns, folk dance around the midsommar pole and later they feast on herring, salmon, young potatoes, strawberry cakes, pies, meatballs etc..

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17 júna to bolo presne 6 mesiacov čo som sa presťahovala do Švédska. Za ten čas som dokončila jeden semester na univerzite, stretla asi 100 ľudí zo všetkých rozličných kútov sveta, začala chodiť na švédčinu, prečítala asi 15 kníh v zjednodušenej švédčine, začala pomáhať v joga štúdiu, pokračujem s bikram jógou a v neposledom rade som dostala aj švédske osobné číslo. 

Aj keď nie všetky dni boli ružové. Ale to je život, či? Niektoré dni som smútila či už za Slovenskom alebo Viedňou. Keď sa človek presťahuje do inej krajiny viac ci menej podvedome začne preberať aj ich zvyky a spôsoby a na druhej strane zrazu si uvedomí, že nikde nie je doma. Ale to je asi údelom globálnych občanov.

A v rámci náuky o kultúre sme minulý víkend oslavovali midsommar, kedy je deň najdlhší a noc najkratšia. A teraz sa to zase znova otáča a my pomaly, ale isto smerujeme k tmavej časti roka. Počas tradičných osláv dievčatá nosia na hlavách vence z kvetov, tancuje sa okolo  niečoho ako náš máj a potom nasleduje hodovanie, pri ktorom by nemali na stole chýbať losos, sleď, zemiaky, jahodový koláč a mäsové gulôčky. 

 trip to Röttle

relaxing in an oragnic greenhouse/ coffee place

 midnigt in Stockholm// polnoc v Štockholme

 picking flowers for the crown/ zbieranie kvetov na veniec

 workshop

 I kept my crown even during the dinner// veniec som si až do večera z hlavy nedala

 traditional Swedish summer game- Kubb// tradičná švédska hra

 grilovačka

midnight// polnoc v Jönköpingu

 summer drinks

 girls vs boys and we won// vyhrali sme