Alexis in Sverige

Photo Diary: Åre

In February I was lucky enough to go to Åre for a workshop. If you don’t know where Åre is, check it out here. It’s a 45 minute flight from Stockholm and when I landed it felt like I landed on the north pole. The airport was one terminal and snow covered everything. But it was so fun. Definitely worth a trip if you’re ever in the area! Check out my pictures:

At the airport all ready for the long flight….45 minutes long!

We were not without good food, wine and company:

From the top of the mountain was a spectacular view! 

And a cute Swedish cabin: 

After ski time: 

After ski continued: 

I’m in Northern Sweden, yes it was a bit cold while skiing: 

I hope you enjoyed! 

Photo Diary: Cambridge

Hi All! 

I went to Cambridge, England twice in the last four months. Although I went for work I was still able to be a tourist for a short time.  Here are some photographs of my trips to Cambridge.

Cheers!

Cambridge University is one of the oldest in the world. The buildings are beautiful!:

Some town culture for you: this cross point is called “Reality Check”:

Typical English photo: 

I was very lucky to visit Cambridge in the fall last year. The scenery was gorgeous:

The view from my hotel room. This was taken in January this year. Snow on the ground!:

Whats that saying called, Work hard, play hard?!:

One more scenery shot: 

The end of a nice trip, the train station in London:

A Long Time

WOW! I can’t believe I have neglected my blog for so long. When I began my blog, I didn’t have a job. I just moved to Sweden, was blogging, studying a language and had a lot of free time. So when I started my job a year ago I thought, “I have a job and a blog! This is too overwhelming”. But I’m back in the game and back to managing life with a busy schedule. =) I have a lot of travel plans planned for 2012 and I want to share my stories and photos again. Please check back for amazing blog posts, pictures and a good time! 

Missed you blog readers,

Alexis 

Family Visit

I had the amazing pleasure of having my mom AND sister visit me at the end of March/beginning of April. It was amazing, to say the least. It felt great to show them where I’ve been the last eight months. They were also lucky to experience the cold weather I’ve been experiencing. Lucky them. :)

Their visit was a mix of what locals do in Stockholm to what tourist do. It was so much fun and throughout the next couple of weeks I’m going to be posting my experiences at these tourists attractions and write a ‘Tourist Guide’ for all of you who will be visiting Stockholm this summer. If you have any requests, please send them my way, and stay tuned! 

International Pay It Forward Day, April 28th

Today is international Pay It Forward Day. What does this mean? It means making a difference in someones life by a simply act of kindness.  

If you want to participate in Pay It Forward its simple! Surprise three strangers with a simply act of kindness. Then ask them to Pay It Forward to another three people to keep the flow of positive change. I might not be able to change the world, but I can change one or three persons attitude today and they can continue to do the same. 

There are endless ways to Pay It Forward. You can Pay It Forward while working, traveling, waiting in line, working out, buying groceries, waiting for the subway, volunteering, making a donation, the list can go on forever!  Some simple acts of kinds are:

• Buy the person behind you a cup of  coffee at the cafe
• Let someone who is running late for their airplane go ahead of you in line
• Volunteer at your local community
• Give someone a compliment
• Smile at someone walking by (Smiles are contagious) 
• Donate canned goods
• Buy the pretty lady at the bar a drink
• Every little gesture helps to make a positive change in the world

You may be asking, “Why is Alexis in Sverige writing this on her blog?” I’ll answer that for you.  There are currently 34 different countries involved in Pay It Forward Day, an international movement. International movements definitely deserve a post and I want to make sure everyone knows about Pay It Forward Day. (To learn more please visit: http://payitforwardday.com/)

Please share with a comment below how you Paid it Forward today…

Monday Montage! (Easy Does it in SoCal)

Happy Monday Montage!

Monday Montage is my favorite part of my blog! I love posting pictures I’ve taken on my journey and sharing them with all my followers. But my favorite is when a follower sends in a picture to Alexis in Sverige. Todays Monday Montage is from Jeremy Lee.

Jeremy is from Seattle, Washington but recently moved to follow his dream of living in sunny southern California. Who doesn’t dream of a view like the one in his picture? Follow Jeremy and his beach adventures on his blog at: http://germyinsocal.blogspot.com/

Best of luck Jeremy in your new journey in life!!