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You Probably Can’t Live in Stockholm
Maybe just save Stockholm for a weekend on your next Eurotrip. Why? Well, there’s no place to live. Most of Sweden’s population is cramped in and around Stockholm and for one travel blogger, Nomadic Matt, it meant having to scrap his plans to live in Stockholm:
Why is it this way? No idea. Even the Swedes complain about it and they seem to be at a loss to try to explain the system to me. “It’s just the way it is,” they say. The right-leaning, more market-based party doesn’t want to change the laws any time soon either. Add the fact that Stockholm doesn’t build new places to meet demand and you have a recipe for a city with no housing. Sure, this keeps the city old and historic but it’s a pain the ass. I don’t understand why they don’t throw up some high rises on the outskirts of town where people might not notice so much.
This housing crunch leads to a huge secondary market where the owner rents their place out to others at a much higher price. Sometimes the renter then turns around and rents it to someone else for even more money!
Fluent in Three Months?
Bennie Lewis was just an average monolingual Joe until he decided to change that with some love & dedication. Check out his story!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yhnWnR1g7M
Lessons in International Cuisine: Dulce De Leche Cheesecake Squares
Ok, ok! Once any recipe has the words “cheesecake” or “squares” in it, we know it’s pretty Americana. But dulce de leche? That’s all Latino, baby. The number two consumed product in Argentina, next to oxygen, it’s just that good. Thank you for the tip, Smitten Kitchen!
Things That Sound Better in Italian: That Aladdin Song
GLN is here to make your workday a little more romantic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ9IQZlSYZY...
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Breaking: Suri Cruise Will Likely Learn Spanish Or Mandarin
Yeesh. Little Suri is growing up in front of our very eyes. Her mom, Katie Holmes has decided to enroll her at a nice private school in NYC that has campuses around the world, so Suri won’t miss a beat when she jetsets with mom and dad. Although the schools offer Spanish and Mandarin, we wouldn’t be surprised if this traveling tot ends up learning quite a few more along the way!
The school encourages parents to think of Avenues as one international school with 20 or more campuses around the globe. According to the school’s website, “It will not be a collection of 20 different schools all pursuing different educational strategies, but rather one highly-integrated ‘learning community,’ connected and supported by a common vision, a shared curriculum, collective professional development of its faculty, the wonders of modern technology and a highly-talented headquarters team located here in New York City.”