Karlskrona Leuchtturm
1) How would you describe your website, ropcorn.com? As a personal blog about me, my travels, my dog Lisen and life in Sweden. With lots of photos and updates.
2) What are your own origins Alexandra? And when did you know that you wanted to be a ‘lifestyle’ blogger? I was born in Sweden, my father is Swedish and my mother is Persian. So I am a bit of both I guess, which is quite nice.
Now I have always wanted to have my own column in a newspaper, but when blogging started to become popular I decided to give it a go. Because I think a personal blog is like a newspaper column in many ways, though I have more freedom to post what I want and greater possibility to reach out to people all over the web (hence world) with my blog than with a column published in a newspaper. Blogging is actually better you know. I started blogging about two years ago, so that was probably when I decided to become a ‘lifestyle’ blogger.
3) Where does the name of your site – ropcorn – derive from? It is a name I have used online for as long as I can remember, so I thought it was perfect to use it as the domain name for my personal blog.
4) I’ve been to Sweden quite a few times in the past, mainly to the Stockholm region. And I have to admit, I found the people very pleasant there, and the climate very-very nice. How would you describe where you live to someone who has never been there before, Karlskrona ? And how does it compare to Stockholm? Karlskrona is a rather small town in Southern Sweden with about 64 000 residents. I would describe it as a charming, old, historic naval city by the sea. As well as a city with a bit of a small town mentality where "everybody knows everybody". So in comparison to Stockholm, with its more than 1 million residents, Karlskrona is often referred to as a small country town.
5) If you could assign a smell to your site, what odour would it be and why? The beach, if that now counts as a smell? But sea and sand. Mainly because I love it and I live near the ocean. I also relate relaxing, having fun and just enjoying nature with the beach. Which I think fits my style of blog posts. And of course the beach smell would fit perfectly with the design of the site.
6) If your site was a movie, a piece of music, or an object, what would it be, and, again, why? If my site was a movie I would say it was my all time favourite movie, the 1988 comedy 'Big business' starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. Because many of the ingredients of my site is in that movie: humor, a small town, dogs, the simple life, traveling, seeing things for the first time, sisters, family and so on. So I can definitely relate.
9) If you was stranded on a desert island, and was only allowed to bring with you one item, what would that item be and why? Swedish Firesteel, because I think that would come handy in a lot of situations.
Thanks for that Alexandra, much appreciated. Now I hope 'dear reader' that you can find the time to check out ropcorn.com, plus please remember to do the facebook, twittter, google+, and youtube thing. Go ahead. It would make a very nice Swedish girl very-very happy. Hay-Doe!
ROPCORN - A SWEDISH BLOG WITH THE SPICE OF LIFE
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
August 12, 2012
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