Perrrrfect

After being in Ireland, and having an outside perspective from my friend, Heather, Rob and I are on this "Sweden is perfect" kick. It is funny how the longer we are here the more perfect and formal it has become. I think in most societies you would see the cracks and the imperfections over time, but not here. My observation in Ireland was that it felt like home in the U.S., some money and well dressed people, but a socio-economic mix. Then back in Sweden, everyone dresses beautifully, looks beautiful in a fit and slim way, drives nice well cared cars(Volvos, Mercedes and BMW, compared to Ireland's majority of Japanese models and the like) on really good roads. The building in Sweden are "perfectly" cared for and there is minimal trash on the road (motorway) or street(in the city). We went to the zoo yesterday and it was fun. There was a dolphin show and it was "perfect" compared to the one we saw in Spain over Christmas. So, in general we are realizing , once again, this is really a better standard of living than the U.S. (we knew that), but now we realize better than most of the rest of Europe, as well. It is easy to think it theoretically, but to realize it in a tangible way makes it very real. So, there are our recent observations from abroad.

Now here are some tidbits about the zoo that I have lifted from an email I just sent to a friend. Shhhh!

We went to the zoo yesterday. It was funny. Saw a dolphin show. Saniya is really into dolphins. We saw another show in Spain so now she thinks they are at all the zoos. I love Spring! At the zoo all the babies were there and we got to see a camel that had been born in the last hour. It was still wet and not standing and had the placenta sitting next to it. Awesome!

I will have Saniya home all summer from the beginning of July to the end of August. I am excited about it and think it will be fun. It is really standard that the kids are home with the family over the summer and many families take at least one month and some take two to go to the summer homes, etc. Isn't that good for the kids?

Glad Påsk (Happy Easter), again!

Yasmiene