Jun 28, 2023
Episode 31: Sweet on Sweden - An Inside Look at Scandinavian Life
This week, Jim Santos talks to expat Tricia Pimental about her article in the June 2023 issue of International Living magazine ‘Sweet on Sweden, an Inside Look at Scandinavian Life’. Tricia was the Portugal correspondent for IL for several years, having lived in the country for eight years, before she and her husband, Keith, decided to broaden their horizons with a move to Sweden.
Why would two Americans leave beautiful Portugal, and head for the rural interior of a Scandinavian country? Well, adventure is one part of it, beauty is another, and, perhaps surprisingly, affordability.
“The peace, the tranquility, the green,” says Tricia, when asked to describe what it is that attracted her to Sweden. “We got our log cabin ready-made. One of those, the cute one is a 1906 farmhouse, and the other is a home that was built in 1992. We have space, and we have a forest that is part of our property. We're across from a lake, a beautiful, picturesque lake. And I would say it's the sen…