The Running of the Tubs
It’s our last day in Hot Springs, and we’re heading into town to watch the Running of the Tubs, a race where different teams participate, dressed up and with carriages consisting of a bathtub...
Category: Travels
Arkansas car ride
summer in spring and the roller coaster ride of Plum Hollow road cardinals brightening the day like stoplights and we go on through the gates and out into lush nowhere Arkansas 50 mph zigzagging...
The hot springs
It’s 30 degrees Celsius, which is just weird on May 1, but of course a nice change from our first day here. Barbara equipped us with hats and water bottles and took us downtown...
The Unitarian Universalist church of Hot Springs
Now, the Unitarian church isn’t really a faith in its own, in the sense that it hasn’t got a crede. Instead they work for unity and understanding between the many different denominations and their...
At Carl & Barbara's
We wake up to all the new sounds, the birds of Diamondhead going off like alarms in the early morning sun. Mother mistook one of them for a ringing phone yesterday, and I still...
Ryanair to charge for checked-in luggage
I just read in DN that Ryanair is to charge a fee for passengers who have luggage to check in. Each item will cost 3.5 euros if you check it in via the website....
Vlog: 40 m/s at the top of Åreskutan
Funny that when I feel warm for the first time in four days I’m in a place where it’s -15 C outside, and the wind almost has the strength of a storm. In Barcelona,...
Three days in Barcelona
Finally a break from all the walking! Doing Barcelona in three days wears on your feet. But it´s fun too. We´ve seen a lot of interesting Gaudí buildings, done a bit of shopping and...
Early morning at the tram stop
I woke up at 4 AM this morning, unable to go back to sleep. Thoughts of texts and departures, my future writing and how to find a natural time and place for it, kept...
Eight hours in Oslo
I’m not going to say a lot about today’s trip to Oslo: it was a long day, the weather was nice but cold, the light at the harbour was amazing. Check out the video...
Trying to save money
I need to save money. But then I got hold of a ticket to Laleh’s concert in Stockholm on Sunday – on the first row. The concert is sold out, and of course I...
Mini-break coming up
A flu of some kind is creating quite a problem at work. A lot of people are home ill, and it’s hard to find replacements. I was supposed to work the morning shift Friday,...
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