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It’s again time for new adventures. This morning I left Susann at home and headed to the airport. The destination? To visit my brother in Bratislava for the weekend. A short flight later I landed at the airport in Vienna, ran out to catch the bus to Bratislava and eventually I got off at the…
A stone circle is all some people need to consider a place interesting. Smålandsstenar is one of those places where five stone circles make up the biggest attraction in town. With a population of around 4.500 inhabitants the small locality is usually forgotten deep in the forests of Småland in southern Sweden – or is it? Even…
How can a small locality in the Swedish countryside cause nightmares for a lot of Swedish men? Our apologies for the stereotypes, but this is a place that most Swedes have heard about. Even though it has a meager population of around 800 people. So what is causing all the fuzz about Ullared? And what…
One of the top reasons we enjoyed living in Bratislava was the possibilities it offered for traveling. With several international borders close by and good connections with most of Central Europe, it is hard not to take advantage of the opportunities. We did not always feel a need to travel far. Some interesting destinations might…
While exploring Bratislava‘s charming Old Town, you might just meet one of the city’s most beloved and quirky residents. His name is Čumil. This Slovak word actually means “the watcher,” and you will quickly see why. You’ll find this bronze man peeking his head from underneath a manhole cover. He has a wide, cheeky grin…
Hello! Let’s talk about books for a while A while back I mentioned that one of my goals is to read (at least) 52 books in 2017. So, how am I doing? Here’s my reading list for January 2017. I’m quite happy about being ahead of schedule. The books that made it to my reading…
Eventually, everything comes to an end and so did our stay in the Slovak capital Bratislava. Our last day at work was March 31. We had decided that we wanted to go for one more trip before leaving Slovakia for the cold north. In the evening of that very same day, a bus would take…
Once in a while, I come across people’s bucket lists and usually, they are full of fun and exciting travel destinations. So, I thought about it and decided to write my own travel bucket list. These are destinations I have dreamt of as young. There are also some more recent additions. And it is not…
2013 is the only full year that we lived in Bratislava. It was also the first year when we had a proper vacation when we went to Slovenia for one week. It was during our trip to Slovenia that some friends in Bratislava asked to join them for a bike tour around the lake Neusiedler…
Let’s talk about cruises on the Baltic Sea! From an early age, the passenger ferries carrying people, cars, and cargo on the Baltic Sea have been familiar to me. Coming from an island, it was often the only way to get anywhere really. While my family and I traveled by necessity, others hopped on a…
We went on a lot of short weekend trips when we were living in Bratislava. Some of the destinations were famous places such as Prague, Vienna, and Budapest. We also visited smaller towns such as Žilina and Ostrava. However, we also found the time to see even smaller places, such as Balog nad Ipľom. Balog nad Ipľom…
Despite its name, Starý most (Old Bridge) is the newest bridge in central Bratislava. It connects the city center with the large Petržalka district. It is one of three central bridges crossing the Danube River, yet it offers some of the best views. From its deck, you can see both Most SNP and Bratislava Castle,…