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Hello, hello! Welcome to this year's Mad Tea Party! I'm Maria-Thérèse and I will take you on a small international tour of what we in Sweden refer to as excellent fika. Fika [feeeka], you see, is the act of sitting down to have coffee, tea, lemonade or another nice beverage, along with a selection of pastries and cookies, with friends or alone, for the purpose of relaxation and enjoyment. Kind of like a tea party. Oh, did I mention that we do it every day here?
Hej och välkomna till årets tékalas, Mad Tea Party 2012! Jag heter Maria-Thérèse och kommer att ta er med på en kort internationell fikaturné samt visa mina internationella gäster hur vi i Sverige fikar.
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The Mad Hatter has prepared the fika for us...
Den galne hattmakaren har ställt fram fika åt oss...
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Apa the cat is playing the piano...
Katten Apa spelar piano...
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Let's go to one of my favourite fika spots, my mum's veranda!
Nu sticker vi till ett av mina favoritfikaställen, min mammas altan!
Look at that view! Let's have some delicious strawberry cake and wild strawberry wine.
Titta på hennes utsikt! Nu äter vi jordgubbstårta och dricker lite smultronvin.
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Next, we walk up a hill to my aunt's house and have coffee from golden cups in the sunshine.
Sedan promenerar vi upp på min mosters berg och dricker kaffe ur guldkoppar i solskenet.
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Wait, what's that? A boat? Suddenly we're in Venice!
Vänta, vad är det där? En båt? Plötsligt är vi i Venedig!
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This is where I was one and a half week ago, at Caffè Florian, and had a wonderful coffee drink... But let's visit Paris too while we're at it!
Här var jag för en och en halv vecka sedan, på Caffè Florian, och drack en jättegod kaffedrink... Men vi drar till Paris också när vi ändå håller på!
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A beautiful old café I stumbled upon at Place des Petits Pères...
Ett väldigt vackert café jag råkade hitta på Place des Petits Pères...
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And then, Ladurée...
Därefter Ladurée...
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The white rabbit is calling, telling me to get back to Sweden again and have fika with her instead.
Den vita kaninen tycker jag ska komma tillbaka till Sverige och fika med henne i stället.
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Thank you for dropping by!
Tack för att ni tittade in!
43 comments
Oooh, you won my heart at strawberry cake and coffee in golden cups! Thank you so much for the magical party! I had a great time! Have a wonderful weekend! Twyla
Thank you for the wonderful international tour and fika is not part of my world. Oh I wish you could send some of the yummy treats my way. Lovely! Party On!
Kelley
http://teacupmosaics.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-wonderful-mad-tea-party.html
Tack ... nu blev jag så inspirerad av dina vackra fotografier så jag ska genast ut och plocka lite hallon ... vi har vilda på tomten ... och gör en hallon/blåbärstårta till i morgon ... och också ha ett magical party ...
Kram!
The cat at the piano sure knows hoe to entertain a mad tea party :))
Wild strawberry wine, delicious!
Loved the mini trip around Venice and Paris, you captured them beautifully.
What a lovely party, and what a clever kitty, playing the piano!
The strawberry wine looks delicious too! Thanks so much for inviting me, and do drop by my little party and giveaway if you have the chance...
http://www.kingofmicestudios.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-mad-tea-party-and-giveaway.html
♥ Carolee
Wonderful photos had a great time and am sure you had one too in Venice and Paris! Thanks for the tea and the Parisian Macarons!
http://theweekendartist.blogspot.com/2012/04/weekend-artist-series-food-art-1-01.html
I love your piano playing kitty and those photos of Paris take me back to a time when I lived there over a decade ago!
Please come take a cuppa with me at my party, link here:
http://idlebakes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/a-mad-tea-party-in-idle-wonderland.html
That was such a fun Mad Tea Party! You looked really lovely...and those cakes....yum! Hope you'll come visit with me...
http://faeriemooncreations.blogspot.com/2012/07/mad-tea-party-post-and-giveaway.html
Theresa
Jättevackra bilder!!!!
Hade gärna ätit tårta på din mammas altan...:-)
Christina
Kolla gärna in min illustrerade Mad Hat story på www.christinaart.se
Thank you for hosting a fika all the way from Sweden! I had a delightful time. The strawberry cake looked delish!
Åhh så mysig fika. Smultronvin låter gott :-) Vackra foton.
Oh i like your Mad Tea Party and i love strawberrys...hmmm...
have a magical day
Kerstin
http://cobblestone-prims.blogspot.de/2012/07/mad-tea-party-2012.html
Had such a great time visiting you today! Oh won't Apa please come visit and play a little tune for us at
http://everyoneismadhere.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/mad-tea-party-♥-2012/
Lovely Tea Party! Thank you for having me! I do hope you will visit me too!
http://anaboocreationsbysylvia.blogspot.com/2012/07/welcome-one-and-all-o-fanciful-madd-tea.html
Oooh, yay! I love traveling, yet I have not traveled far. I've always wanted to visit Italy and Paris, they have the best food and treats! I had loads of fun at your mad fika party, thank you very much :)
http://butterflydream27.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-mad-tea-party.html
This was the most magical tea party I've visited all day. You did such a lovely job!
I'm Kat from Kat can Paint! Please visit my blog party here: http://katcanpaint.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mad-tea-party-2012
Such a lovely party - I must say how much I love your kitty playing the piano!
XO,
Lisa
hope you can stop by my parties!
What a gorgeous and magical party!! Wild blueberry wine, yum! Thank you so much for inviting me :) ~Lauren
A lovely Fika indeed!!! Glad to have visited.
Please feel free to visit me here:
http://theenchantingworldofmiladyleela.blogspot.com/2012/07/time-for-tea.html
~~Hugs,
Dena
A piano-playing cat - wooo hoooo!
Give me a visit some time ~
thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com
An enchanting fika, thankyou. xxx
http://amelieshouse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/mad-hatter-tea-party2012.html
Greetings to you, Dear Maria-Thérèse!
Thank you so much for your beautiful party with such yummy treats! And, I love that I didn't stay in one place, but we got to visit all around!!! And, don't you look just beautiful, as always, Dear Friend! I hope you will come visit The Tearoom when you get the chance! My party doesn't stay in one place either!
Biggest hugs to you on Happy Mad Tea Party Day!
Betty
Such a lovely tea party you served up!
Your treats left my mouth watering!
Please Stop by my blog for my give away.
Thank you!
Mary
Limelightartworks@blogspot.com
Beautiful party!
And you enjoy this every day?
I have to learn how to take these kind of breaks!
Hello pretty you!!!
I love it! Oh, that kitty and that rabbit!!
Oh and Venice and Paris too, how positively decadent!!!
Beyond lovely!! Thank you for a wonderful Mad Tea Party!
Happy Mad Tea Partying!
♥ Vanessa {a fanciful twist}
What a wonderful tour of countries I have never visited! I would love to invite you to my part as well!
Thank you for having me! I love the view from your mum's veranda! And the strawberry wine... delicious!
happy partying!
lisa
http://lisabythebay.blogspot.com/2012/07/mad-tea-party-2012.html
Oh yes please. I would love to join you for a Fika everyday. The scenes are so lovely and I loved our travels today. What beautiful and enchanted sights. And ohhhhh after that Sweet Strawberry Wine, I might have to visit the remainder of my parties tomorrow indeed.
Please stop by for a Mad spoonful of tea... a little late of course, but we have opened the door now
Wishes and Whimsy
Wendy from Wonderland
http://candydelane.typepad.com/curiosities/
Strawberry wine and piano playing cats !! all we have here is tea and cake :)
I hope to see you soon at my party too, everyone is invited :)
Mad Madam Mel x
http://www.madmadammel.com/2012/07/a-mad-tea-party-2012.html
that view! no wonder it is your favourite place to have fika ~_~
love the last picture :)
xx rosey
Your mad hatter brought a smile to my face :) ooooh la la
I seem to be running awfully late for all these tea parties so must dash....
but do pop by
http://chelseaselkie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/mad-tea-party.html
Thank you for this lovely trip!!!
I have never been to Venice!
Ooooooooooooh Ladurée!!!!! A very favourite of mine.
Happy MAd Tea Party!
Gorgeous tea party, thank you for the invite! I loved the strawberry cake and wild strawberry wine!
http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/2012/07/mad-tea-party-2012.html
Now that's my kind of tea Party!
Lovely pictures! Thank you for such a treat!
Cheers,
Kelly
So beautiful! Your tea party looks absolutely magical!
http://mandycrandell.blogspot.com/
Fika sounds like a fine tradition that needs to be adopted in every country, everywhere. Thank you so much for this wonderful tea around Europe. I had a lovely time.
That cat really loves to play the piano!
http://amelieshouse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/mad-hatter-tea-party2012.html
Magical! Thank-you!
great party, love the bunny!
What a marvelously mad tea party! The strawberry cake looks so delicious! Beautiful cafe in Paris with all those treats-- how could one choose? Thanks for sharing! ~Michelle
What a lovely tea party. I did not know about fika, but it looks delightful! I am definitely on board.
Oh, Strawberry wine! Yum! The tour of Venice and Paris was lovely - thank you so much for the tea party!
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