There’s no doubt that speakers of English in Sweden are much, much more advanced than in many other countries. The question is why? The answer most people give is TV. It does seem that unlike the FIGS countries (France, Italy, Germany and Spain) and larger Asian countries that there is less localisation of programmes and…

So that was my first visit to Sweden. Well, unless you count the time I was invited by a Swedish Princess to the Swedish island on the Switzerland/German border. But that’s a different story… For most of today I was actually held up in my hotel trying to catch up on my emails, they don’t…

This week I took my day off looking around Stockholm. It is a very, very nice European capital city. I also chose the right time of the year, it was warm but not hot and just right for a walk around town. I’m staying in the Rica Hotel which has the most amazing location, right…

I don’t think I’ve ever had such a long day for a while. Luckily a good night’s sleep set me up for …. 6:30 AM Business Network International Breakfast Business brain on and a posh breakfast, Great to see everyone so positive and helpful, and they quickly learnt how to use the word “Genki”. I…

Yes, I just found out today that the town I’m in is Swedish Lapland. Which does sound very cool. Apparently they have more snowmobiles than cars up here, as well as ice roads across the sea and the famous Ice Hotel nearby. I’m up here because Northern Languages are introducing after school clubs based on…

After catching the opera last night (it was good to see Tosca in Rome), it was up early and on the flights to northern Sweden. And I must say I am very impressed! It may be because I’ve just spent the last month in wonderful but graffiti ridden Italy, but Sweden is just so clean,…