yules' field notes

scenes from stockholm & beyond

adventures from the field

follow me as I study abroad in Sweden

  • I don’t know about you all, but in the past few months, my Tiktok feed has been inundated by videos of people paying $70+ USD to try Swedish candy. Luckily for me (and unfortunately for my dentist) studying in Stockholm means access to godis (candy) is far easier. Swedes love their candy, averaging 16 kilograms…

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  • We all have hopes and dreams at the start of a new semester. Good grades, new friends, new experiences. But what was not on my study abroad bingo board was having a needle stabbed into my gums at the folktandvården akuten on the first day of classes.  According to Google Translate, folktandvården akuten is public…

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  • field entry #1: pre-departure (the countdown begins)

    Time: 6:46PM, January 3rd, 2024 Location: New Jersey Weather: 37ºF and cloudy New year’s was spent among family and friends, with lots of food, glitter, and grapes. As the tradition goes, eating 12 grapes under a table at midnight brings prosperity and good fortune to you for each month of the new year. I don’t…

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