The Minnesota Noices

Category: holidays

  • Halloween & Father’s Day

    Halloween & Father’s Day

    Swedish Father’s Day always sneaks up on us but luckily Bryant’s favorite way to celebrate is with a hike or day camping. The weather cooperated quite nicely so we headed to the Fulltofta Nature Area where we claimed one of the wind shelters with a fireplace. Bry and Ebba cooked up a batch of Sami-style…

  • Studenten Season in Skåne

    Studenten Season in Skåne

    The folks required lots of recovery time upon reaching Lund (a full day journey via taxi, ferry, commuter train, high speed train-with last minute platform change, bus). Our youngest (camp name Ebba) was still busy wrapping up her penultimate year at Katte but we squeezed in some small excursions close to home. Then on the…

  • Zealand’s Forest Tower

    Zealand’s Forest Tower

    Our Gotlander was unable to make it home for the Easter holiday this week so we decided on just a short trip that’s been on the list since we first arrived in Sweden. It’s so close by that we always think we’ll get to it one day but we never do! Because it’s across the…

  • Jolabokaflod

    Jolabokaflod

    The Icelandic tradition of the Christmas book flood has been part of our holiday celebration for the past 10 or so years. We started taking the girls to a local book shop to choose their own books on or around Christmas Eve as a way to support independent book sellers. Wild Rumpus, Red Balloon, Addendum…