One aspect of Swedish culture that I have become all too familiar with is Stambyte. Stambyte is a grueling process to modernize old building in which all of the plumbing is completely ripped out and replaced. Which means that bathrooms and kitchens are completely non-functioning… because they are demolished. It also means that your home is unlivable during the entire process and that everything you own must be packed up and moved out because of the dust from the demolition. Oh, and it can take anywhere from three to six months, but no one can say for sure until everything is ripped out.

So… guess who spent the past three months living at Henrik’s mother’s house? Luckily, I survived and am happy to report that we are finally back in our apartment in Stockholm and we don’t have to worry about it anymore. At least not for the next 30 years…