Following on from my post about British Citizenship, which caused quite a flurry on two Facebook Groups, Finnish People Living in London and Britanniansuomalaiset (Finns in Britain), I thought I'd share my thoughts the Royals and the most exciting and talked about Royal event about to happen in the … [Read more...]
Royal Wedding Tea
I promise this will be my last post on the subject of That Wedding, but I wanted to share with you pictures of the lovely baking Daughter did for us on the day.Strawberry and British flag cup cakesThere was strawberry jam inside....My 'tea' was coffee - in my Harvey Nichols Royal Wedding mugSilver … [Read more...]
Happy May Day!
It's the eve of May Day today which in the Nordic countries is celebrated as a festival for both students and workers. Because I rejoiced the Royal Wedding rather hard last night, I will not be raising (many) glasses to my fellow Baccalaureates tonight, but just wanted to wish all of you … [Read more...]
Royal Wedding Fever in London
I admit to being a bit of a confused Republican. I believe in democracy yet I love the romanticism of a Royal Wedding. I went totally gaga over the Swedish Princess Victoria's nuptials last year and have been looking forward to tomorrow's grand occasion here in London.Unfortunately I'll be working … [Read more...]