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Stockholm: not for boozehounds

Stockholm is a beautiful city of storybook buildings, romantic bridges, great pie and the strangest alcohol purchasing system I’ve ever seen. Basically, if you want to buy alcohol you have to go to something that resembles a state run Argos for booze called the Systembolaget. The state-run monopoly regulates the sale of alcohol to: “help [...]

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Going to the chapel and we’re goinna get married

The last month has been dizzying, but wonderful. Guy proposed to me at the end of January in Stockholm at sunset, on a bridge near the castle with a gaudy plastic ring.  We celebrated with raspberry pie and champagne. It’s been a challenging few months, while we’ve been trying to figure the best way to [...]

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