In the 12th article in our “Inside View” series Lesley-Ann Brown shares what her deaf son taught her. Lesley originally published her story on The Murmur. …
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A tale of two cities: Bruges and Ghent
In the 11th article in our “Inside View” series Madalena Pedro Miala recounts growing up in Belgium. Not so very long ago a video of …
An Unexpected Road to Life in Europe
In the 10th article in the “Inside View” series, Terra Robinson shares how education lead to her life in Europe. During my undergraduate days, I …
Lessons learned: From my mother and while living in Sweden
In the 9th article in our Inside View series Faith set out to travel the world while making a difference in people’s lives. While in …
Laura Bazile asks, “How is it to be the only Black Woman entrepreneur in the room?”
In the 8th article from our new series from women on the inside, Laura Bazile examines business networking as an entrepreneur in Europe. As an …
Feeding the spirit in France – Erica found a way
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our seventh article, Erica Smith-Escassut found a …
Gloria Dixon-Svärd – An American in Norrland
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our sixth article, Gloria Dixon-Svärd traded her …
Kendra Williams-Valentine – How I Learned to Enjoy Strawberries
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our fifth article, Kendra Williams-Valentine learned to …
Twaambo Kapilikisha – In the middle.
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our fourth article, Twaambo Kapilikisha addresses sisters …
Who would have thought a die-hard NYC chick would fall hard for a Swede and the Country.
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our third article, Lucie Buissereth shares how much …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Celebrating birthdays
I’m so glad my girlfriend invited me to celebrate her birthday with her in Halmstad. The two of us started with a little bubbly and …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – My first Tjejmilen
On the 30th Anniversary of the Tjejmilen, I decided to participate. It is the biggest sporting event for women in Sweden. I signed up in …
A New Comer Beauty Adventure.
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our second article, Thania Moore shares her …
Hanging on to summer. Nice things happen to me in Sweden.
Well, it is September and no doubt the last vestiges of summer are slipping away. “Don’t go”, I scream. “Seems like you only just arrived. …
Sweden is like living in Russia.
In a new series of articles, black women living in Europe share their views from the inside. In our first article, Cecilia Gärding explains why …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – squeezing out every day of summer
It is not uncommon for Swedes to have summer houses and how great is it to have a friend with a summer house with this …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Who says birthdays only come once a year?
Sommartiden hey hey! And the summer just keeps getting better and better. We hadn’t seen my Swede’s godmother and family since last July and they …
Nice things happen in Sweden – more summer fun
Sweden, summer and water. 2 of the 3 Swedes pictured above had never sailed before. Sailing can be tiring. Then we went up to the …
Swedish summer—–so far, so good. Nice things happen in Sweden.
It’s not a Swedish summer to me without Daphne’s annual 4th of July party in Halmstad. Tons of American flavor mixed in with international cuisine …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – The Valborg night bonfire that wasn’t
We had traditional Varlborg night food of salmon (surprise), potatoes (surprise) and asparagus (family tradition). This was to be my first Valborg night celebration. I …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Fiesta Friday
When a group of cool ladies get together we can’t help but have fun, right? Add a potluck with a Mexican theme and it was …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Melodifestivalen part 1 with friends
It’s that time of year when me and my Swede are hooked on SVT1 on Saturday evenings to watch Melodifestivalen see who will represent Sweden …
Nice things happen to me in Sweden – ladies dinner at an extraordinary steak house
I’m looking forward to spending more time with friends this year and cultivating my relationships. I’ve been putting people together for the last year or …