The taste of Christmas
I haven’t had much luck with my xmas shopping so far. I did find something for P’s birthday though, not that she’ll get it in...
Category: Travels
An Oxford Street Church book cafe
Right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street there’s a small church with a book cafe. At the entrance there’s a...
I found the handbags
It turned out that the handbag guys had switched markets – from Portobello to Petticoat Lane. I didn’t find the ones that look like high-heeled...
The moaning man and my aching feet
At first I thought the man in the bunk bed below mine was giving himself pleasure, but it turned out he had his cd walkman...
Pre-xmas trip
Together with one other girl I was the only passenger on the airport coach from Stockholm Central to Arlanda. They can’t be making money. No...
Impressions of Crete
different shades of green from yellow to blue spread like an ocean’s rainbow in the greenery of Almirida bay where the trees bear flowers of...
Knossos and Heraklion
The problem with Knossos is that Sir Arthur Evans, the British architect who bought it at the end of the 19th century, had parts of...
Off to Greece
In a couple of ours we’re off to Greece. We’re going to Almirida, a small village on Crete, about 10 km east of Chania. The...
Traditional Midsummer celebrations
I’m not a great fan of the Midsummer holidays. Mainly because of the pressure, growing up, to go to some great party on Midsummer’s Eve,...
Dublin in sunshine
I’m sitting on my bed in the tiny room at the Charles Stewart guesthouse in Dublin. It’s a twin room, strangely organized with the beds...
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