Ibis Oerebro Orebro

... it is I don't know,
and yet I am supposed to know,
And I feel I look stupid
If I seem not to know it
and not know what it is I don't know.
Therefore I pretend to know it.
This is nerve-wracking
since I don't know what I must pretend to know.
Therefore I pretend to know everything.
I feel I know what I am supposed to know
but you can't tell me what it is
because you don't know that I don't know what it is."

(R. D. Laing, Knots)

... against a backdrop of geriatrics who have spend their entire pension fund on a massive (non brand specific) Winnnebago. To complete the hippy make-over we finally adhered the sparkly "Purple Ohm" sticker (purchased last year in Ibiza) to the back of the van this afternoon next to the number plate. This complements the Green Earth sticker and the Toro sticker (that I suspect Sime and Sal put on her when they were travelling around Spain in Alahabama Whirlygig....aka Madam). To ...

... by american cars with more corvettes than we have ever seen
* The stars here are gorgeous
* Camping isn't as cheap as other countries but overall Sweden isn't as expensive as everyone seems to think
* The swedish language isnt too hard to pick up the basics, very similar words to german and english. It must like english be derived from Indo - Germanic.
* there are lots of cute little birdys everywhere

The opening of the Ung 7 exhibition at Örebro University Art Hall is on Monday Aug 31 at 15:00, see Vernissage Designutställning UNG7 Read about the Plasticks concept on http://www.jennylundgren.se/portfolio/p lasticks/

Stockholm to Õrebro
Today we woke up to rain and of course my poor body HATES the rain, but I managed to get up and get going. We had hoped to go visit Skansen the outdoor museum in Stockholm but realized that was out, with the rotten weather, and I only thought it was rotten in Denmark! Well more time to spend with family. When leaving the hotel, we approached the tiny 3 person elevator which would of broken every building code the US has ever ...

Woke up this morning in Orebro home of my family. We ate breakfast at McDonalds (really Swedish) well at least the menu was! I never saw sandwiches on an American McDonalds menu. Was a nice change though from the buffets we have been having every morning. We took a ride to where my family home used to be only to be met with a tattoo parlor. I was going to go in and get a tat, but Bruce quickly put a sop to that. After picking a few apples off from my Farfor's ...

... to award these prizes was started in Karlskoga. The first prize was awarded in 1901. President Teddy Roosevelt was the first American given the Nobel Peace Prize. The first four prizes are awarded in Stockholm with the King of Sweden present. The Nobel Peace Prize is given in Oslo, Norway. In 1901 Norway and Sweden were one country.

Now the museum. It is housed in the manor house the Alfred Nobel lived in ...

... works at Oslo University teaching English and Music. Margaretha works as a software specialist. They have been most hospitable.

Anthony took me to the bus station for my journey today to Karlskoga where I would be with the Spenser’s, Engholm’s and John Wennström. The Swedish bus I wanted was full, but I did get a Norwegian one half an hour later. Anthony and I then got some coffee and had a healthy ...

Snart är det dags att åka iväg! Som det kan märkas har jag kvar åäö vilket betyder att jag är kvar i kära kära Sverige! Har styrt upp det så att jag och Henke möts upp i Köpenhamn och om allt går som det ska ska vi vara i Amsterdam (weee!) runt kl 9 på tisdag ...

We leave Stokholm to go to Örebro, a quiet city in the middle of Sweden with a nice medieval castle and an enormous and very green camping vhere we stay for 2 nights....Örebro is also the home town of Millencolin, and it's a good reason to come here...!!!