Author: Caitlin Hawley

Trekking in the Far North

I still felt immediately comfortable in Stockholm - a feeling I remember well from my first week in the Swedish Program.
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Learning from a ‘New Normal’ – From Stockholm to My Home

While facing struggles about this uncertainty during this time, I have been looking back at my time in Sweden for a sense of strength and resiliency.
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Something about Sweden

There's something about Sweden for people – and particularly those of us that have stayed for many months – that sticks with us.
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From Stockholm to Splor

After jumping into the icy Baltic, I followed the family into the sauna. It was there, warming up over a shared plate of Swedish beer, meats and cheeses, that I would cement a special travel memory that would change the trajectory of my life forever.
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