A cosmopolitan's short narratives.

“Welcome to the kingdom of my imagination. Welcome to the world of the unpredictable reality. I live in Florida (sometimes in Sweden). My country of birth doesn’t exist anymore (SSSR). I am writing in English and Russian about my day-to-day life and the experience of living in different countries, observation of people’s life, traveling and fashion. Welcome,” jelena717@gmail.com.

October 31, 2009

becoming American

The past ten days of my life were dedicated to different family activities. A big group of Swedish “tourists” just left our apartment after one gorgeous week of golf in Florida.

Of course everybody went to Sawgrass Mall, which the second biggest mall in the US, where you can find merchandise of all imaginable brand names for 1/3 of the price in Europe.

It was really fun to in the Sawgrass Mall this week because everywhere you could hear Swedish. Swedish everywhere. Swedish people love to spend the fall vacation in warm countries, especially when you can combine shopping with sun.

What are the odds of this situation?:
A Swedish couple came all the way from Malmoe, Sweden to Florida in order to renew their wardrobes in the Sawgrass Mall, and they ran into their neighbors from same street from Malmoe. Unbelievable!

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