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Glad Midsommar

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Foto fran Midsommarfirandet i Battery Park 2011
Photo from Midsummer celebration in Battery Park 2011

Idag ar det fjarde aret som jag firar Midsommar i New York. Vi bor ju i Battery Park dar firande halls varje ar, sa vi har det nara och bra for att kunna umgas med svenskar. Forra aret var det sa mycket folk, inte bara svenskar, sa det gick inte att ta sig fram i parken. 
Jag ska jobba fram till firandet startar, men sen blir det troligtvis mys med vanner och picknick. Vadret ar helt underbart ocksa, det ar fordelen med att fira har i ar:)

Today is the fourth year that I celebrate Midsummer in New York. We live in Battery Park where the celebration is every year, so we are close to get to hang out with Swedish people. Last year it was so much people, not just Swedish, so you could not come through in the park.
I will work until the celebration starts, but later it will probably be a cozy picnic with friends. The weather is wonderful too, that’s the advantage to celebrate here this year:)

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Summer evenings

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Hmm, jag maste torka av min kamera lins!
Hmm, I have to clean my camera lens!

Sommar kvallar i New York ar verkligen sa otroligt mysigt. Och jag alskar att vi har ett tak dar vi kan sitta och njuta av solnedgangen. Svart att inte tycka om den har staden pa sommaren. 

Summer evenings in New York is really so incredible cozy. And I love that we have a roof where we can sit and enjoy the sunset. Hard to not like this city in the summer. 

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False alarm

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Fick besok av brandbilar igar. Nar jag forstod att det var brandlarmet i lagenheten bredvid varan sa gick jag tillsammans med grannen som hade ringt, ner och ut pa gatan dar det stod sakert 6 brandbilar.
Lagenheten ar tom och de stadade dar tidigare under dagen och jag trodde att de kanske hade rakat lamna gasen pa eller nagot. Usch, jag hatar brander, min varsta mardrom. Men det var tydligen bara en ugns rengoring. Ugnarna har i huset har en sjalvrengoring och stadaren hade satt pa den och lamnat lagenheten utan att stanga av brandlarmet. Smart ass. 
Sa det var ett falskt larm, men anda laskigt. Luktade skit gjorde det ocksa. Galler att vara snabbtankt i en san situation. Hoppade i mina skor, tog mobil och nycklar och gick ner for trappan i lugn takt tillsammans med kvinnan och hennes katt. 

Got a visit from firetrucks yesterday. When I understood it was the fire alarm in the apartment next door to ours, I went together with the neighbor that called, down and out on the street where there was maybe 6 fire trucks. 
The apartment is empty and they had been cleaning there earlier during the day and I thought they might have by accident left the gas on or something. Usch, I hate fires, my worst nightmare. But it was apparently just an oven cleaning. The ovens in this house has a self-cleaning and the cleaner had turned it on and left the apartment without turning off the fire alarm. Smart ass. 
So it was a false alarm, but still scary. Smelled like shit too. In those situations you have to think fast. Jumped into my shoes, took my phone and keys and went down the stairs in a calm pace together with the woman and her cat. 

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Sill

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Pa fredag ar det midsommar och det blir fjarde aret i rad som jag ar i USA, och nar jag var i Falkenberg ville min moster ge mig en liten svensk midsommar lunch. Hade en mycket trevlig eftermiddag. Ovade pa att sta pa hander i graset ihop med min kusin, at sill och potatis, fick mer rabarber i magen och drack hembryggd ol. 

On Friday it’s midsummer and it’s the forth year in a row that I will be in USA, and when I was in Falkenberg my aunt wanted to give me a little Swedish midsummer lunch. Had a great afternoon. Practiced on handstands on the grass together with my cousin, ate herring and potatoes, got more rhubarb in my stomach and drank home brewed beer. 

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Glommen

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I fredags akte mina foraldrar, min mormor och jag ut till Glommen som ligger i utkanten av Falkenberg. De har en enda restaurang (Kottkrogen) och den ligger med utsikt over vattnet. Oh, sa mysigt det var! Helt otroligt god mat och till efterratt blev det rabarberkram som var amazing! Harligt att fa tid att umgas med min alskade mormor ocksa. Det ar ju darfor jag aker till Sverige, for att fa tid att umgas med nara och kara. 
Idag blir det varmt ute. Maste dricka massor med vatten sa att jag inte svimmar ute pa gatan nar jag gor mina arenden. Har en del att fixa innan fredag och eftersom kompaniet har horsetime utanfor stan for att forbereda sig infor Sverige sa passar jag pa att gora saker under den tiden vi egentligen skulle repat i studion. 

On Friday, my parents, my grandma and I went out to Glommen that is located outskirt of Falkenberg. They have only one restaurant (Kottkrogen) and has a view over the water. Oh, so cozy! Incredible food and for dessert we had some rhubarb cream that was amazing! Wonderful to get time to spend with my dear grandma too. That’s why I go to Sweden, to spend time with close ones.
Today will be hot. Have to drink a lot of water so that I won’t faint out on the street when I do my errands. Have some stuff to fix before Friday and since the company has horsetime outside of the city to prepare for Sweden, I get to do stuff during the time we were supposed to have rehearsal in the studio. 

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