this & that from my everyday life
Living in Malta
Christmas Eve
Dec 24th
Inlagd sill and rödbetssallad
We didn’t have all the traditional food we usually eat in Sweden on Christmas Eve, but Jan-Olof brought inlagd sill from Sweden and I made rödbetssallad after my grandmother’s recipe. We also had Findus småköttbullar and knäckebröd that we bought here in Malta. Kalle found som kind of sausage that looked like prinskorv, but it didn’t taste like prinskorv. The only thing I missed was julskinka.
Gizmo is checking out the christmas gifts
Kalle is also checking out christmas gifts. He gave me the Wii game "Wii Fit Plus" that I wanted, and now he is checking it out.
Gizmo and Pelle
Tired!
Naxxar, Bahrija, Fomm ir-Rih…
Dec 24th
View over Malta, from Naxxar
First we stopped outside Naxxar to look at the view.
Enjoying the view
After Naxxar we went to Bahrija and Fomm ir-Rih…
Fomm ir-Rih
…and then across the country to Vittoriosa.
Vittoriosa
Volvo!
Dec 24th
We started Christmas Eve by taking our guests on a sightseeing tour. When we left Swieqi we saw two Volvo cars. I don’t think I have seen more than 5 Volvo’s here on Malta, so I had to document the moment. 
Old Volvo
New Volvo
Swedish visitors
Dec 23rd
Kalle’s parents Gunvor and Jan-Olof and one of Kalle’s three brothers, Pelle, arrived today to celebrate christmas with us. I am so happy to see them and I’m glad they wanted to come and visit us!
Gävlebocken on fire
Dec 23rd
The goat could not be saved
03.20 AM
Bye bye Gävlebocken...
At 3 am the big goat in Gävle was set on fire and could not be saved. 
I’ve finally been to Candynavia!
Dec 21st
What a day!
I decided to do some christmas shopping today. And so did the rest of Malta I think! I took the bus to Valletta and stayed there for several hours looking for christmas decorations and christmas gifts.
In the afternoon I went to Sliema to buy some clothes and more gifts. when I was done I had 3 big shopping bags in each hand. After spending 20 min waiting for the bus I gave up and found and started looking for a taxi that could take me to St Julians. By then I was really tired.
10 min and €12 later – candy heaven!
I just couldn’t resist! I try not to eat candy, but when I left the store I had bought at almost 1 kilo of Malaco smågodis (pick n mix), OLW chips and ostbågar. Yammy!
Candynavia
Swedish candy!
Feeling better!
Dec 21st
After 5 days of coughing and sneezing I finally feel better. I felt better already after two days and thought I could work on friday, but I didn’t wake up until 12.30 friday afternoon, so I guess I wasn’t ready for work after all.
Guitar Hero
This weekend Kalle made me play Guitar Hero on wii. I’ve tried it before but I didn’t like it at all. Probably because I’m the worst Guitar Hero player in the world. But now I’ve tried to play the bass guitar and it’s sooo much easier and I really enjoyed it! Bass is too easy and boooooring, some of you Guitar Hero players out there might say. But I’ll stick to playing bass for now anyway! We’ve borrowed a wii guitar from our Swedish friends (they are in Sweden during Christmas) so we could play together. That was fun!
Painted wall
Our handyman was here saturday to paint the wall in the study. We hope the wall is dry enough now. Time will tell.
The holes are filled and the wall is ready to be painted
Benjamin
The grasshopper I told you about last week, is still sitting in our lemon tree. Since he kind of moved in with us I’ve decided to call him Benjamin. I wonder how long Benjamin will stay with us?
Eco Friendly?
- Green gas
The gas company have painted the gas cylinders green (they used to be yellow). I’ve read in the paper that the only reason is to give the impression that the gas is eco friendly.
Hmm…
Santa’s cap – not just for show
Dec 14th
I like Santa's cap!
I have had a sore throat for a few days now and today I have been freezing. So I’m wearing almost all warm clothes I have now; long-sleeved shirt, sweater, scarf and warm socks. But I have no cap, so I’ve borrowed Santa’s cap. It’s keeping me warm!
I’m drinking tea with honey now and I hope I feel better tomorrow.
Is there really no more fans of egg liqueur?
Dec 14th
An old Aladdin-box I bought for my collection of old stuff a few years ago.
A few weeks ago I participated in a vote on which praline I like best in the Aladdin-box. I have several favourites but the one I finally voted for was the egg liqueur praline.
Today I read the result on Aftonbladet.se. My favourite praline didn’t even get 4% of the votes?! I’m surprized. The praline will be removed in next years edition of the box. So, all of you who have an Aladdin-box but does not like Ägglikör, please send them to me!
