The inevitable influence of Sweden

Since I moved to Sweden, I....

1. am addicted to punschrullar

2. started drinking tap water (jaaa, I know igitt! I still think it is pretty disgusting, but the bottled water is even worse and Evian is unfortunately out of my budget. 6 bottles cost almost 9 Euro! Plus they hardly ever have so "many" bottles of Evian in stock!)

3. drink sparkling water with such nice natural flavours as lemon-strawberry-mango-peach-pear

4. think leggins are a real alternative to trousers. Though, I still have not quite reached the point where I think you do not need to wear a top that covers at least your ass with leggins. If I ever reach that point I either have a) achieved the body of a supermodel or, more likely, b) lost my mind

5. have recognized how incredibly important good bread is

6. also had to realize that there are apparently people out there who, for some completely non-understandable reasons, think it is a good idea to put sugar into bread (note to Sweden's bakeries: It is NOT.)

7. reduced my alcohol consumption radically (and involuntarily. but alcohol prices do ruin me. I manage to survive on my imported German booze, but I do struggle.)

8. do think that every bottle of wine below 6 Euro is unbelievably cheap.

9. cry tears of joy every time I see the alcohol sections in German supermarkets. (Words cannot express how grateful I am that I did not have to grow up in Sweden. How do you explain your youth sins without alcohol? Or, even worse, how do you survive your youth without alcohol?)

10. think Germany is Poland! At least pricewise!

...to be continued.


PS: Of course jag älskar Sverige :)