Karlshamn Scandic

In April we were in Cambodia. It was Kieu's first time outside Vietnam and since I was in Cambodia last year I had the role as expert. Damn I was good; I tell you she couldn’t have a better guide. Guest house in that area, take tuktuk, haggle, go here, go there, than there. Bus there, haggle on this haggle on that. Then I topped myself by telling here useful info about Angkor Wat and showed her some cool things in the jungle temple ...

... we were met at the Recreation Center by the Rotarians and a wonderful horse drawn carriage. Luggage was loaded into the cars and off we went to an unknown destination... here it is. We spent the next day with our hosts enjoying the inner offerings of Tingsryd. For example, Eric's host pulled his 1985 911 Porsche from his barn and let the engine warm up for a ...

... we think they were used for grinding grain. A few of them are of the more modern Dutch type where the sails are attached to a cap that rotates into the wind. (We have also seen lots of modern electricity-producing windmills in Sweden, both in the ocean and on land.)<br><br>We drove back over the bridge and started the return to Malmo. We drove along the coast and through farm lands. A ...

... Heath one day and generally had a lovely time enjoying the nice spring weather.<br><br>Exactly one week later I was also greeted with lovely spring weather in Sweden and if I had thought London was green, it was nothing compared to Sweden. The whole place was just blooming and was absolutely beautiful. I spent my time with my family, trying to study some German and trying to understand German apartment websites with the help of my aunt Helen! As ...

... before heading home. Sunday we spent catching up and doing some Christmas shopping. Sunday evening my sister arrived from Toronto. The next couple of days I spent with various family members. We went up to my dads place to find a Christmas tree. We walked around in the forest for what seemed hours before settling on one, my nanna didn't make things easier by insisting that the tree HAD to be at least 3 metres tall!! We finally got the damn thing home and ...

... for a job interview. Went in to Karlskrona one day to show Dave the town and I needed to go shopping for work clothes in preparation for getting a job in London. Went up to my dad's one day as well, went walking in the forest looking for mushrooms which we didn't find as it was too late and the deer had already eaten them all! Wednesday morning we caught the train down to Copenhagen to catch our flight to London.

... my cousin Kalle and Martas farm where we planted many rows of strawberries. Spent a day helping my grandma shift things as she is moving house and spent some time with my dad mainly looking for second hand furniture for his house. On my last weekend we had a 'kraft skiva', that must translate to something along the lines of yabbie fest at my auntie Jacqui's house. This basically ...

... Lämnade sedan staden och tog oss vidare till Kalmar. Fint väder mellan störtskurarna och promenad längs stadsparken med utsikt över renässansslottet och det nya svartkubiska konstmuséet. Besåg även farfar Hilldoffs barndomshem i Gamla stan. Middag på Calmar hamnkrog, smaklig trerätters middag men sommarvikarieservice... Dagens drink: Champagne

... to be by the ocean again. Our last few days were spent at Henrik's grandparents' cabin, Ekviken. They have a cabin on a lake which has flooded with all of the rain Sweden has gotten this summer. The water was half way up the front lawn which made for less room for kubb (our favorite swedish lawn game) and lots of mosquitoes. So, we had our meals inside and doused ourselves with bug-spray while playing kubb.

... tilbragte vi på en restaurant på deres gamle fort. Her var der gammel dans og musik fra Madhya Pradesh (den del af Indien vi befandt os i), hvilket var en flot oplevelse, dog lidt fordrejet da vi fandt ud af at den sari-klædte danser var en mand. Fra Orchha tog vi videre til en lille by kaldet Khahurajo. Khahurajo er kendt for sine erotiske templer, hvilke vi selvfølgelig måtte forbi og se. Sidste stop inden Delhi var Indiens ...