Comments on: Winter Is Coming http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/ Swedish Language and Culture Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:35:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Christopher Grant http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-334 Christopher Grant Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:20:13 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-334 Curt: I met Staffan early this year at a convention, he is definitely a great landscape and nature photographer. Nice guy to boot! Christopher Curt:

I met Staffan early this year at a convention, he is definitely a great landscape and nature photographer. Nice guy to boot!

Christopher

]]> By: Christopher Grant http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-333 Christopher Grant Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:18:05 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-333 Anna: Sure, but I'm not sure I know what you mean about offering suggestions? You're welcome to contact me via email if you'd like to discuss it further, you can of course grab my email off my website if you don't have it from here in the blog. Vi hörs! Christopher Anna:

Sure, but I’m not sure I know what you mean about offering suggestions? You’re welcome to contact me via email if you’d like to discuss it further, you can of course grab my email off my website if you don’t have it from here in the blog.

Vi hörs!
Christopher

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-308 Anna Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:03:44 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-308 Hi Curt! Thank you so much for the photographer suggestion! I will definitely try to get in touch with Staffan and maybe even interview him for this blog ;) Hi Curt!
Thank you so much for the photographer suggestion! I will definitely try to get in touch with Staffan and maybe even interview him for this blog ;)

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-306 Anna Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:30:54 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-306 Hi David! I drive an ANCIENT import, so it doesn't have the plug for the engine warmer. But after that awful winter I decided to start paying for a covered parking garage. It's not heated or anything, but still better than leaving the car outside. And I don't have to get up early anymore to dig it from under the snow! :) Hi Arsh! You are just too sweet, you know that? Actually, whenever someone mentions Finland to me, I immediately start dreaming about Spanish kava and this other drink that they import from Estonia and which, needless to say, you can't buy in Sweden, not even at Systemet. LOL! A book you say, eh? I'll see what I can weasel out! Winter is coming and I do need something to do not to go all stir crazy at home! Hi David!
I drive an ANCIENT import, so it doesn’t have the plug for the engine warmer. But after that awful winter I decided to start paying for a covered parking garage. It’s not heated or anything, but still better than leaving the car outside. And I don’t have to get up early anymore to dig it from under the snow! :)

Hi Arsh!

You are just too sweet, you know that? Actually, whenever someone mentions Finland to me, I immediately start dreaming about Spanish kava and this other drink that they import from Estonia and which, needless to say, you can’t buy in Sweden, not even at Systemet. LOL! A book you say, eh? I’ll see what I can weasel out! Winter is coming and I do need something to do not to go all stir crazy at home!

]]> By: Curt http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-304 Curt Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:54:04 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-304 Hi Anna, Great blog! Love it. Regarding your question about swedish photographers, a friend of mine, Staffan Widstrand, are one of the best. Check out www.staffanwidstrand.se or his latest project www.wild-wonders.com Keep smilin´ /Curt swedentourism.wordpress.com Hi Anna,

Great blog! Love it. Regarding your question about swedish photographers, a friend of mine, Staffan Widstrand, are one of the best. Check out http://www.staffanwidstrand.se or his latest project http://www.wild-wonders.com

Keep smilin´
/Curt
swedentourism.wordpress.com

]]> By: Arsh Jami http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-303 Arsh Jami Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-303 Hejsan Anna! I can see you day dreaming during the lecture thinking about a cross country hike over what used to be Gulf of Bothnia to Finland .... you are so funny! Since you brought the subject up, talking of winter, maybe in a future blog, you can share your personal experience with your Swedish friends and colleagues, if you think Swedes have a different personality in the winter compared to how they are in the summer?! Do the long dark days/nights really affect people psychologically? I look forward to your blog so PLEASE do not give it up .. ever! You have such a captivating and entertaining writing style that I am sure if you write a book, it will be very successful. Seriously, you should consider writing a book about your rich experiences in Sweden like Julie Lindhal's `My Swedish Island'. I will buy a dozen for myself and to share with friends! Med vänliga hälsningar, Arsh Hejsan Anna!
I can see you day dreaming during the lecture thinking about a cross country hike over what used to be Gulf of Bothnia to Finland …. you are so funny!
Since you brought the subject up, talking of winter, maybe in a future blog, you can share your personal experience with your Swedish friends and colleagues, if you think Swedes have a different personality in the winter compared to how they are in the summer?! Do the long dark days/nights really affect people psychologically?
I look forward to your blog so PLEASE do not give it up .. ever!
You have such a captivating and entertaining writing style that I am sure if you write a book, it will be very successful. Seriously, you should consider writing a book about your rich experiences in Sweden like Julie Lindhal’s `My Swedish Island’. I will buy a dozen for myself and to share with friends!

Med vänliga hälsningar,
Arsh

]]> By: David from Oregon http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-301 David from Oregon Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:16:52 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-301 Don't you have an engine block heater that plugs into conveniently located outlets? And a remote car starter so that your car will be warm and toasty for you? Don’t you have an engine block heater that plugs into conveniently
located outlets? And a remote car starter so that your car will be warm and toasty for you?

]]> By: Lelia http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-299 Lelia Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:49:34 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-299 Great work Anna. What a lovely photograph. Interesting about global warming in relation to the Gulf of Bothnia, Finland and the Ume river. The BildMuseet in Umea sounds interesting. Car batteries...one would think that car battery manufacturers would have their testing and proving grounds in Norrland and other Artic regions to make a super-strong battery to last more than one winter season. Great topic. Cheers and Thank you, Great work Anna. What a lovely photograph. Interesting about global warming in relation to the Gulf of Bothnia, Finland and the Ume river. The BildMuseet in Umea sounds interesting. Car batteries…one would think that car battery manufacturers would have their testing and proving grounds in Norrland and other Artic regions to make a super-strong battery to last more than one winter season. Great topic.

Cheers and Thank you,

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-297 Anna Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:37:17 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-297 Hi Christopher! Thank you for your kind comment. And coming from a professional photographer at that, it makes me feel even much more warm and fuzzy all over ;) Your photos are absolutely stunning! Listen, I have a question. One of our readers, Lelia, asked about Swedish landscape photographers. I was going to visit BildMuseet in Umeå and poke their brains about it, but since you are a photographer, maybe you can offer us some suggestions? If you could, that would be absolutely lovely. Thank you! Hi Christopher!
Thank you for your kind comment. And coming from a professional photographer at that, it makes me feel even much more warm and fuzzy all over ;)
Your photos are absolutely stunning! Listen, I have a question. One of our readers, Lelia, asked about Swedish landscape photographers. I was going to visit BildMuseet in Umeå and poke their brains about it, but since you are a photographer, maybe you can offer us some suggestions? If you could, that would be absolutely lovely. Thank you!

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/winter-is-coming/#comment-295 Anna Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:29:39 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=84#comment-295 Hi Ceci, oh no! Not his year. Not yet. I took it last November. Actually, maybe it WAS in October. They dress up the bridge in pink lights for the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I think it must have been the last day of October when I took it. Hi Dennis, Thank you so much for commenting. Montana is so much like northern Sweden, don't you think? The forests and the scenery. Well, your mountains are of course much grander than what we have, but I remember Montana and how much it looked like the border between Sweden and Norway! You're so lucky to be able to escape winter! :) Hi Ceci,
oh no! Not his year. Not yet. I took it last November. Actually, maybe it WAS in October. They dress up the bridge in pink lights for the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I think it must have been the last day of October when I took it.

Hi Dennis,
Thank you so much for commenting. Montana is so much like northern Sweden, don’t you think? The forests and the scenery. Well, your mountains are of course much grander than what we have, but I remember Montana and how much it looked like the border between Sweden and Norway! You’re so lucky to be able to escape winter! :)

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