i was born with a bottle in my mouth!

please enjoy this song while reading the following post.

beer and booze in sweden.

it's an odd/expensive thing here.

the only place(other than bars/restaurants) to buy anything over 3.5% is called systembolaget, a government run liquor store with pain in the ass hours. all beer is sold as singles, and unrefrigerated. here is a sampling of my sampling.

mariestads is swedish made, pleasent to drink and was working its way towards being my fallback beer.

my first arboga, 7.3% made it quite appealing.

i bought this because of the graphics and it's also the cheapest beer at systembolaget.

(crystal mashed my cans last night in an effort to "clean up" for "recycling" purposes)

this is the beer reindeer promote, and it's also the only one i've seen tv ads for.

also the deer turn blue when it's cold, i don't know if they stole that from coors or vice-versa, but man am i glad beer technology is on that level.

crystal bought me a 5.3 version of this on my birthday but yesterday i found this 7.2 at the store. it's the same cost as mariestad and more bang for your buck. the "new" fallback.

what!? arboga 10.2!! and you can only buy it in big cans! a bit pricey but a couple of these and you're set buddy!

"sweet land of liberty"

budweiser doesn't have twist off caps in sweden. these folks know how to polish a turd.

sidenote - i am actually trying to update my other blog more regularly now as well. i just posted a mix of swedish death metal on it. enjoy.

Josh's bday at the Skärva Eco Farm and Karaoke!

Today was Josh's bday!  It was quite healthy and eventful for us, compared to what Josh's birthday usually is, which he usually doesn't remember:)  We bicycled to the Skärva Eco Farm which isn't too far from Karlskrona. There they have a little eco-butik with loads of dried foods, spices and tea.

This farm has remained an organic farm through the 'popular' introduction of chemicals and industrial agriculture.  After getting a overview about the history of the farm and Karlskrona itself, we volunteered by picking beans!  These bean plants were in dire need of it too, as some had toppled over from the weight of its fruit.  

So many!  And this was just some of the pickings!

Afterwards Henrik treated us to a delicious sampling of what the store had to offer.  

It is such a beautiful place.  Riding bikes is definately the way to get here because the air smells so clean and crisp and the scenery is breathtaking.

Below are composting toilets, which don't smell!  

This is the farm's peacock.

Karaoke'ing at the Fox and Anchor.  Ridiculously fun!  

Bicycle Coop at BTH

There is a bicycle coop at my school.  Hopefully I will be able to update its organization, because it sure needs it!  What a good opportunity!

Graphic what not

This city was made to house a naval base, the nautical heritage 

here is pronounced everywhere. This is a ship plaque set into 

the side of an old building.  

It's interesting going to another place and seeing the graphics 

they use for the streets and wayfinding.  I have been enjoying 

the graphics as well as some of the old type.

This is on an old ship we found when walking around the naval base

I like this dog graphic.  

Rachel's runnin!

We found a place for Rachel to be off-leash and run around a little bit!  She was so happy to stretch her legs. 

Such old and beautiful architecture here; this is the school where we were running around the soccer field with Rach.

 

Karlskrona, by the naval base

It really is something else here...so pretty.  The clouds are so gorgeous and always making it that much more picturesque.

Bonfire & New Friends

Last night I finally got to meet more of my new classmates...there will be 60 of us!  Rebecca from New Zealand put together this little shin dig and it couldn't have been a more perfect night...beautiful beach, great food, fantastic people.