SWEDEN | Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [2585] | Comments [2]
Herräng is a small town in Sweden on the north coast of the bulgy bit that Stockholm and Uppsala are on. For centuries it was the site of small-scale iron ore mining, until this became unviable in the 1960s. Now, about 1000 people live there ... Read more >
NORWAY | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [1443]
First thing that happened after my last post was my birthday, which was nice. For my meal, Emma and I decided to make Anders and Agnete a traditional Aussie meal, so we whipped up some rissoles with 3 veg and gravy followed by a pavlova. I had to ... Read more >
FINLAND | Saturday, 14 Jun 2008 | Views [1872] | Comments [2]
If you're anything like me you'll have the Finland song by Monty Python in your head by now, as I have every time I've turned my mind to planning this trip for the past few months. The main point of this trip - apart from seeing more of Scandinavia ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [917]
[UPDATE: A few weeks and half a continent later in an extreme case of "esprit de casement", it occurred to me that my experience on the train in Paris might best have been reported as "Merde on the Orient Express". Pity that.] ... Read more >
GERMANY | Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Views [1050]
We arrived in Berlin in the early afternoon (it's not that far from Prague). And started with a tour on the bus with a local guide (Heike). First main stop from the Zoo where we started (after a few nice Embassy buildings) was the Jewish Holocaust ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [963] | Comments [2]
Hi all from a veeeeery lazy few days back "home" in Rockhammar (in Sweden). We have enjoyed a few days of much needed rest and doing almost nothing after flying back in from Paris last night. This post has taken a few days to write because ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [829]
Hi from an internet cafe in Vienna. It´s only been a couple of days since the last post, but one has to take one´s opportunities. Aplogise for any ypos, the keyboard is a little dodgy (and slightly rearranged). After Venice we drove north through ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Views [900] | Comments [3]
OK, this is going to have to be quick. Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but it's been a series fo one night stands with little time to find an internet cafe. We are currently in Venice and heading on to Munich. First stop on from Barcelona ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 28 Apr 2008 | Views [769] | Comments [2]
Barcelona is good. I like it. It´s an old town with a new feel. And unlike Madrid it feels like it´s on the up and up. They are havig a bit of a boom right now with the port being the biggest in the Mediterranean (it overtook Marseilles a few years ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 28 Apr 2008 | Views [719]
OK, quick thoughts from an internet cafe in Grenada (cut and pasted in later because World Nomads is down at the mo). First, the meeting with SCB in Sweden was great and very interesting. No luck on the work experience though - looks like they´re ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 | Views [794] | Comments [3]
OK, I'd better write something or it'll all pile up and get harder and harder to start, so get ready for a random brain dump. Also, apologies in advance if this little character "ä" pops up where it shouldn't. Because of the extra letters ... Read more >
SWITZERLAND | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [877] | Comments [6]
Well here we finally are. After about 19 hours of relatively comfortable flying spread over 2 days I'm sitting in the upstairs bedroom of a gingerbread house in a village in a dell in fairytale country. It's snowing outside and all the countryside ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 2 Apr 2008 | Views [568] | Comments [2]
UPDATE: If you don't understand the rest of this post, don't worry you don't need to do any of it to read the entries. The blog is just a webpage like any other. Just go to it and read it and follow any links to the individual stories in the usual ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 17 Mar 2008 | Views [622]
OK, probably time to give a rough outline of our various trips while we're in Europe. We fly out of Brisbane on 8 April and return on 30 December. Our home base will be with Emma's aunt and uncle in Rockhammar near Örebro (sort of midway between Stockholm ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 5 Mar 2008 | Views [960] | Comments [1]
Well, here it is. This is mostly just a test to see that everything works OK. This is the most likely site of information on our trip to Sweden and Europe. Sorry for the odd name, but I had to think of something on the spot and "besöka" ... Read more >
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