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AustraliaToday I celebrate my very own 9-years of leaving abroad anniversary! And how to celebrate that in the most fashionable manner? Well, of course by being "home" in my native Sweden, haha! I’ve had a very typical, Swedish day:
6am –wakeup, jetlagged
6.30am –breakfast consisting of Swedish sour milk, oats, berries and mom’s homemade sour dough bread. Add a large coffee to that…mmm, heaven! Nothing beats a Swedish brekkie.
8.30am –off to the forest for a 7km hilly run. Gorgeous autumn day. Fresh, crisp air. Thinking to myself: “do people who live here actually know how lucky they are?!”
12pm –simple lunch: oven baked fish.
1pm –off to visit my oldest sisters who had an adorable, little baby girl one week ago! Welcome to this world, Malou!
5pm –quick catching up with a good friend
6pm –dinner: salmon cooked to perfection. I could eat myself stupid over here. (Man, I have to get myself an oven again in China!!)
Quite an ordinary day but at the same time not. It’s not every day you fall in love with a new little family member.
Nine years ago, at this exact time, I was a young and lost Swedish girl who flew to London, not knowing what to expect. Six months later, I was studying journalism in Australia. Three years and a degree later, I got my first job in Finland. The job awoke a new interest, and one year later I arrived in Shanghai, China, armed with a suitcase full of hopes and dreams.
So that's it: My (grown-up) life story (so far) in a nutshell. Looking back at it all now, I have to say that life's pretty cool.
7 comments:
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary, Auntie Jonna! You've made some wonderful friends and equally wonderful memories over the last nine years, I'm sure, and I'm so glad you've chosen to share a few of them with us. No matter where you live, may your continued travels always bring you peace, prosperity and a renewed appreciation for home.
P.S. Congratulations to your sister, as well, on the arrival of Malou.
PattyF -Thanks dear. Agree with you -one should never stop appreciate their home.
You are right Jonna...it is all pretty cool...and great that you share these experiences with the rest of the world.
Jonna! Today I thought to myself: hey, let's look if that Jonna has carried on with her a blog and what do I see: you have! Congratulations on the 9th anniversary and most of all: WELCOME BACK!
Your happy reader, Thora.
恭喜恭喜你！
Love reading your blog! Congrats on 9 yrs of successfully living abroad... I just hit my 2-yr mark a week ago and felt quite accomplished ;)
I've been a faithful reader of your blog for a while now, but I think this is the first time I leave a comment :S
Anyways, keep writing and inspiring all of us bitten with the traveling bug!
Martin -LG: life's good! :)
Thora -thanks for your sweet comment!! Happy to hear that u found your way back here!
girlengineer -ya, living abroad rocks! Even makes you appreciate your native country more. I think it has more pros than cons. Glad to hear I'm not the only one bitten by the bug... :)
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