Av Sushma Sriram

"Bonfire blazes, cherry blossom, and SHL glory"

"Bonfire blazes, cherry blossom, and SHL glory"

"Bonfire blazes, cherry blossom, and SHL glory"

Newcomer enjoys her first Swedish spring

"Skellefteå popped with colour"

Sushma Sriram: "Bonfire blazes, cherry blossom, and SHL glory"

"Bonfire blazes, cherry blossom, and SHL glory"

"Bonfire blazes, cherry blossom, and SHL glory"

Newcomer enjoys her first Swedish spring

"Skellefteå popped with colour"

"We have a new favorite team to support every year"

"We have a new favorite team to support every year"

"We have a new favorite team to support every year"

Sushma Sriram: "We have a new favorite team to support every year"

"We have a new favorite team to support every year"

"We have a new favorite team to support every year"

Sushma Sriram: "This is a major drawback to life in Skellefteå"

"This is a major drawback to life in Skellefteå"

"This is a major drawback to life in Skellefteå"

But we couldn't ski in Skellefteå

"This is a major drawback to life in Skellefteå"

"This is a major drawback to life in Skellefteå"

"This is a major drawback to life in Skellefteå"

But we couldn't ski in Skellefteå

Sushma Sriram: "Learning Swedish – so hard I thought I was in the wrong class!"

"Learning Swedish – so hard I thought I was in the wrong class!"

"Learning Swedish – so hard I thought I was in the wrong class!"

"I couldn't understand the teacher"

Buying a car was tough too

"SFI was so hard I thought I was in the wrong class!"

"SFI was so hard I thought I was in the wrong class!"

"SFI was so hard I thought I was in the wrong class!"

SFI was hard but so was buying a car

So many ways to buy a vehicle!

Sushma Sriram: "We were really not sure about moving to Kåge"

"We were really not sure about moving to Kåge"

"We were really not sure about moving to Kåge"

Settled in Skellefteå city center

Public transport a problem

"We were really not sure about moving to Kåge"

"We were really not sure about moving to Kåge"

"We were really not sure about moving to Kåge"

Settled in Skellefteå city center

Public transport a problem

Sushma Sriram: "Our hometown was sunny and warm: but we still missed Skellefteå"

"Our hometown was sunny and warm: but we still missed Skellefteå"

"Our hometown was sunny and warm: but we still missed Skellefteå"

A winter visit to warm Chennai

Broken heaters in Sweden

"Our hometown was sunny and warm: but we still missed Skellefteå"

"Our hometown was sunny and warm: but we still missed Skellefteå"

"Our hometown was sunny and warm: but we still missed Skellefteå"

A winter visit to warm Chennai

Broken heaters in Sweden

"It was a cruel, chilling twist of fate"

"It was a cruel, chilling twist of fate"

"It was a cruel, chilling twist of fate"

Christmas's twinkling lights delight newcomers

The extreme cold not so much

Sushma Sriram: "It was a cruel, chilling twist of fate"

"It was a cruel, chilling twist of fate"

"It was a cruel, chilling twist of fate"

Christmas's twinkling lights delight newcomers

The extreme cold not so much

"I was surprised by the large Indian community in Skellefteå"

"I was surprised by the large Indian community in Skellefteå"

"I was surprised by the large Indian community in Skellefteå"

"And the locals were also so welcoming."

"I was surprised by the large Indian community in Skellefteå"

"I was surprised by the large Indian community in Skellefteå"

"I was surprised by the large Indian community in Skellefteå"

"And the locals were also so welcoming."

"Our hands were numb, and I had difficulty breathing"

"Our hands were numb, and I had difficulty breathing"

"Our hands were numb, and I had difficulty breathing"

From +30c to -20c overnight

Loneliness set in

Sushma Sriram: "Our hands were numb, and I had difficulty breathing"

"Our hands were numb, and I had difficulty breathing"

"Our hands were numb, and I had difficulty breathing"

From +30c to -20c overnight

Loneliness set in

Sushma Sriram: "Would we love Skellefteå, or would we hate it?"

"Would we love Skellefteå, or would we hate it?"

"Would we love Skellefteå, or would we hate it?"

"Moving to a new place is never easy"

"We had an emotional send-off"

From hot to not: Indian couple's brave leap to northern Sweden

From hot to not: Indian couple's brave leap to northern Sweden

From hot to not: Indian couple's brave leap to northern Sweden

"Moving to a new place is never easy"

"We had an emotional send-off"