Yes! And add a lunch date with (and of course my treat) Hoss to your adventure. We can meet at Ikea and have the meatballs!
Royal wedding in sweden
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Sounds like a plan.Yes! And add a lunch date with (and of course my treat) Hoss to your adventure. We can meet at Ikea and have the meatballs!
They are HUGE. The one in Tampa is actually not as big as some, but it's still giant. Lots of really cool stuff there. Most of it is very reasonably priced. Great place to go to furnish a small apartment, dorm room, etc.
Anyway, sorry to hijack the thread with Ikea Kurben!
Yeah gee Hoss, what a hijacker... *innocent whistle*
hipmamajen thank you for the invitation, let me just grab a shower n pack a bag.
Kurben They are a lovely looking couple, I hope they have a wonderful ceremony and life together.
I love the Swedish royals. They're unpretentious and marry real people. Maybe this is why their gene pool hasn't gone down the toilet.
-I make my Swedish cousins' version of Swedish meatballs. They knock the ball out of the park every time. Pun intended.
-I make my Swedish cousins' version of Swedish meatballs. They knock the ball out of the park every time. Pun intended.
We have a princess Leonore. No connection to Leia of Star Wars fame. She is the now 1-year old daughter of Princess Madeleine. Don't know if its her you thinking about.Kurben - They are beautiful! Congratulations to your country on your upcoming royal wedding.
Don't you also have a Princess Leah, named after Princess Leia from Star Wars? Or am I thinking of some other European monarchy?
FlakeNoir - We just got an IKEA here in the last couple of years. It's pretty awesome. Come visit and I'll take you there.
We also have Trader Joe's now, too. Once we get In Out Burger there we be no reason for Colorado to feel inadequate on the national stage as far as chain stores are concerned...
I was thinking of Princess Leah of Norway. Not Sweden. I suck at "map."
I made a broken link I can't fix, or erase. Unless I erased it.... Nope. Please ignore my link-that-isn't-a-link.... Apparently I suck at "SKMB," too.
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Never heard of her before. Thanks for info!!
This 'ere bride-to-be...is she genuinely 'from the people', or is she a commoner in the sense that Ms Middleton was a commoner (i.e. not at all, actually)?
And staropeace - much as I'd like to go 'Oi!' regarding your looks comment...sadly, I have to agree. It's the inbreeding that does it (and who could have predicted what would happen to Wills?).
And staropeace - much as I'd like to go 'Oi!' regarding your looks comment...sadly, I have to agree. It's the inbreeding that does it (and who could have predicted what would happen to Wills?
).Genuinely. Grow up in a little town in northern sweden, when she was 18 she moved to stockholm, aS SO MANY DO, and worked as a waitress. Won a beauty contest at the age of 20, moved to NY and started an interest in, childrens and womens rights while working as a Yogateacher. Did volunteer work in Ghana and founded a foundation ,Project Playground, and it was through that foundation she met the prince. Thats a short bio. Cant compare at all to MS. Middleton when it comes to background.This 'ere bride-to-be...is she genuinely 'from the people', or is she a commoner in the sense that Ms Middleton was a commoner (i.e. not at all, actually)?
And staropeace - much as I'd like to go 'Oi!' regarding your looks comment...sadly, I have to agree. It's the inbreeding that does it (and who could have predicted what would happen to Wills?
She sounds like a remarkable woman, indeed.
I can't actually say why I think her background bona fides matter - and it can be argued that they don't, really - but...something about it does my heart good. Perhaps I'm just a soppy old sod after all...
Cheers, Kurben.
I'm not much of a royalist, either, and by "not much" I mean "couldn't much care less." When Princess Diana was alive and appeared on the cover of the American magazine People for the 1,745th time, I stopped reading People altogether. Nothing against Diana, but the royalty aspect just didn't appeal to me. But I like to know what's going on, so it's good to hear about this stuff.
Grandma, on the other hand, wallows in this stuff. I asked her just a little bit ago if she knew that Sweden was having a royal wedding, and she regaled me with complete bios of the blissful couple. I didn't even know she'd heard anything about it. I was gobsmacked.
But this stuff always seems to be a pick-me-up for the country who hosts the royalty, and I'm happy for the couple and for Sweden's joy in it.
If I'd been asked to name countries with monarchies, ceremonial or otherwise, I would've been hard-pressed to come up with more than about five. I just Googled, and it looks like there's about 26 or so. Huh. Wouldn't have guessed.
Grandma, on the other hand, wallows in this stuff. I asked her just a little bit ago if she knew that Sweden was having a royal wedding, and she regaled me with complete bios of the blissful couple. I didn't even know she'd heard anything about it. I was gobsmacked.
But this stuff always seems to be a pick-me-up for the country who hosts the royalty, and I'm happy for the couple and for Sweden's joy in it.
If I'd been asked to name countries with monarchies, ceremonial or otherwise, I would've been hard-pressed to come up with more than about five. I just Googled, and it looks like there's about 26 or so. Huh. Wouldn't have guessed.
There was one little surprise, both for the guests, the tv-viewers and the groom. After the usual speeches were held, first the grooms father(the King), the brides father and last the groom himself. Then at the end of the dinner Sofia herself rose and made, not a speech really, more of an introduction to a song she written about her love. She said that she had always done things her way and planned on continuing doing that. Then a wellknown swedish artist came in and sang the song she and Sofia written together. Allt jag är (means All that i am). A complete surprise for the prince. It was really moving and a bit refreshing with this big break with all tradition.