Radio Sweden News News from France24The pundits seem surprised about Rick Santorum’s close second place finish in the Iowa caucuses, but someone had to pick up all the Tea Party/Evangelist votes. All the alternatives managed to take turns as the flavor-of-the.week before disintegrating. Michele Bachmann fell apart after gaffs including a total miss on American history (not unlike Sarah...
Church of St. Pierre, November 27, 2011. The annual First of Advent service held by the Swedish Club of Strasbourg for the Nordic community. Lucia is actually December 13, so this has to be one of the earliest Lucia processions every year. Share and...
The Christmas markets of Strasbourg have opened, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. The Capital of Christmas, Strasbourg, France, November 26, 2011. One of a dozen themed Christmas markets around the city, this one at Place Benjamin Zix, in La Petite France (the Old Town). Share...
Meanwhile, today Radio Sweden reported on the growing popularity of turkey (a very non-traditional thing to eat) in Sweden. Share and Enjoy:
Christmas decorations at Patisserie Christian, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Amazing decorations at a very nice bakery/cafe. Apparently located at both 12 rue de l’ Outre and 17 Place du Temple Neuf (it’s on a corner, where a street runs into a square) in Strasbourg....
The past is the future. Streaming music online is called “radio”. Last month’s issue of “Wired” has a fascinating article by Steven Levy, mostly about Spotify, the Swedish-based service for streaming music. He uses the article to explore the growth in streaming services (which...
