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I've been back in Perth for two weeks now, however there are some things that are taking a bit to get adjusted to. Obviously, the main one of these is the time difference i.e. jetlag. Sweden was six hours behind WA time when I left here. With the move to winter time over there in late October, this difference became seven hours. Then with the ...

I am continually amazed at the different Christmas traditions here in Sweden. Most of them have something to do with light. This is hardly surprising, since it is dark for more than 17 hours a day here, and this figure is higher almost everywhere else in the country. Starting from the evening of November 30th (Sweden is very into this 'evening ...

This news article caught my attention http://www.thelocal.se/5771/20061212/. It seems the majority of Sweden's reindeer are in danger of starving to death due to the uncharacteristic weather we've been having here. I really feel sorry for them and wish there was something I could do. Poor guys. Maybe Rudolph needs to turn on his nose early and ...