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Everything's better with Betty!
There are only a handful of things that I really miss from the US grocery scene, but one of them is boxed cake mix! Specifically Betty...
Vanessa & Erik
Nov 16, 20232 min read
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Death to Godzilla
No more Godzilla Burrito Challenge
Vanessa & Erik
May 24, 20232 min read
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Love in the time of Borrelia pt.2
With the summer season officially over and the Cantina closed, I was finally able to take it easy. I was still having to take over the...
Vanessa & Erik
Apr 19, 20234 min read
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Love in the time of Borrelia pt.1
Hello friends, I know it has now been a very long time since I last blogged, and I wanted to apologize to you for being absent and also...
Vanessa & Erik
Apr 3, 20232 min read
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Getting by with a little help from our friends
2017 Part II In early June we finally received the Molino, now our production costs for the corn tortillas would reduce dramatically...
Vanessa & Erik
Mar 31, 20224 min read
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Life after baby - The children of the corn
We closed Bad Wolf just before Christmas, completing our first season in Visby. Our first Christmas with Einar was pretty special, and I...
Vanessa & Erik
Mar 11, 20224 min read
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The Crying Game - Labor and Deliverance
When I was in Surface Warfare Officer School (SWOS) in 2000 I had gotten a kidney stone, it was the worst most nagging pain of my life...
Vanessa & Erik
Feb 25, 20225 min read
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It's summer in the city - baby's on it's way
It was a slow start to the summer of 2016. With the extra employees we hired earlier in the year we felt confident going into the summer,...
Vanessa & Erik
Feb 10, 20224 min read
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Howling at the Moon-The Bad Wolf rises
We celebrated our first Christmas in Sweden up in the Cantina with a Swedish Julbord (Christmas Table), watching Lord of the Rings and...
Vanessa & Erik
Jan 25, 20225 min read
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Ultima Thule - The Darkness is coming...but there is hope
As the fall quickly approached and the tourists dwindled we had more time to discuss our business position; from our experience in the...
Vanessa & Erik
Dec 17, 20215 min read
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Holiday Yeast Rolls
Nothing says Thanksgiving or Christmas like soft fluffy yeast rolls with cinnamon honey butter. I've served these every year for the past...
Vanessa & Erik
Dec 3, 20211 min read
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The First Summer - If you build it they will come...sobbing in the field of dreams
Much like the week after our grand opening, the whole month of June was much slower than hoped, in fact as perhaps the only restaurant...
Vanessa & Erik
Dec 3, 20216 min read
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Part 8 - The Cantina is open!
The day of our grand opening was finally here, Tuesday May 5th 2015. It had been a little less than one year from the first time Erik and...
Vanessa & Erik
Nov 19, 20217 min read
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Part 7 - The bachelorette party and final preps
In Sweden bachelor (Svensexa) and bachelorette (Möhippa) parties have only recently grown in popularity, but in the US they are a...
Vanessa & Erik
Nov 13, 20217 min read
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Part 6 - Departing for Sweden
It was still a rather cold February that year and it was snowing when we arrived at Arlanda. It had been a hectic two months getting...
Vanessa & Erik
Nov 8, 20216 min read
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Part 5 - Planning the move
Now it is early December 2014 and Erik and I are frantically planning our move. To put this in a bit of perspective from the time of...
Vanessa & Erik
Oct 30, 20215 min read
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Part 4 - The viewing of Gothems Fiket
So, finally the day had arrived. We drove out to Gothem on that chilly November morning to view the property. We met with our realtor and...
Vanessa & Erik
Oct 20, 20214 min read
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A tale of Bohemian croissants
It's time to make croissants!
Vanessa & Erik
Oct 13, 20218 min read
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Part 3 - The visit to Gothem
After just a few weeks of planning our restaurant concept and working out the estimated budget including rennovations, sales, etc...we...
Vanessa & Erik
Oct 6, 20213 min read
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Part 2 - The planning begins
To back track a little bit and answer the most asked question, Why Gotland? Erik and I first came to Gotland on vacation in 2014 (1 year...
Vanessa & Erik
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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