Saksagan
Baldr`s Bale part 1
The Scandinavian CountriesIceland Denmark Norway SwedenThere are four groups included under the heading Scandinavian Countries: the Icelandic, the Danish, the Norwegian, and the Swedish. Though there is an interesting modem Icelandic literature from which...
Love and Bread part 5
After a couple of months more Louise Falk became strangely indisposed. Had she caught cold? Or had she perchance been poisoned by the metal kitchen utensils ? The doctor who was called in merely...
Love and Bread part 7
“I will help you this once, but not again. I have little enough myself, and you are not my only child.”Delicacies must be provided for the mother, chicken and expensive wine. And the nurse...
Love and Bread part 6
Then the young husband went marketing again. He bought strawberries—at a bargain, of course.“Just fancy,” he triumphantly exclaimed to his housewife, “a pint of these large strawberries for a krone and a half, at...
Love and Bread part 4
The young husband waits most attentively upon his fair bride. What a pleasure, too! Of course he has had good luncheons before, in his bachelor days; but what comfort or satisfaction had he ever...
Love and Bread part 3
At last the rooms were furnished. The sleeping chamber was like a small sanctuary, the beds standing side by side like chariots taking their course along life`s journey. The blue quilts, the snowy sheets,...
Love and Bread part 2
“I suppose you are both set on marrying, and I don`t doubt but what you are really fond of each other. So it seems as though I should have to give my consent after...
Love and Bread part 1
SwedenAugust Strindberg (1849-1912)August Strindberg, born of a poor and humble family, is one of the most celebrated figures in modern European literature. He engaged in many professions during his youth, and was a writer...
Kukeri Carnival
Visit Bulgaria and become part of the different world of the Kukeri CarnivalKukeri Carnival – The boundless magic called Kukeri Carnival!Among the most colourful customs in the Bulgarian Calendar of traditions are the Kukeri...