international women's day

this blog comes to you live from stockholm, sweden! i am currently "on business" for work (read: leading a study tour for the students), and today is international women's day. havent heard of it? well, it is probably because it started as a socialist political event, and the us is pretty much terrified of the word. international women's day was established in copenhagen in 1910, at the first international women's conference, which was held at the old ungdomshuset (jagtvej 69) in the borough of nørrebro, and the building no longer exists (thanks kids!).

anyway, sweden takes it pretty seriously, as one of the doctors we met with yesterday was zipping off to an official women's day kick-off with the prime minister & royal family. nbd. and to my pleasant surprise, after a very long day of walking and leading my ducklings around stockholm, i returned to my fabulous hotel room at the globe to find this little treat :)

love this day!

so, thanks to my mad danish skillz, i can read a little svenska. and the hotel has not only left me a sweet flower in my room, but they also are offering me a free glass of bubbles or wine in the bar downstairs. now if only i had read the card prior to putting on my pj's and taking out my contacts... oh well, it is nice to know that i am appreciated :) as they say, it's the thought that counts!