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Uppsala is probably the student capital of Sweden and maybe Scandinavia. However, there are more than only students in the city, even though they play a big part in everything that goes on. After all, Uppsala University is the oldest center for higher education in Scandinavia. You will find Uppsala less than an hour’s drive…
The first stop on our trip down to Southern Africa was the largest city in South Africa – Johannesburg. It is a city we had heard a lot about in advance – with stories ranging from almost lyrical to quite unflattering. However, we were certain that we had an interesting destination to look forward to!…
Twenty-one hours in Doha. What to do? Where to go? Qatar never was on our list of places to visit (unless you consider the whole world being on our list), the reason we were faced with these questions was simple. A layover. The headline says it all. On our way to South Africa from Stockholm,…
We guess that most people who love to travel have one or more songs that they really associate with traveling. For us one such song is this one, Phil Collins “On My Way” from the movie Brother Bear. Which one is yours? We will soon be back with more traveling stories, until then – Happy…
Vienna is one of the most interesting destinations that is close to Bratislava. Being only an hour away on the train, we sometimes discussed going there on weekends. As usually is the case, time flew by and we did not visit the Austrian capital as many times as we would have liked to. One thing…
While living in Bratislava we usually visited towns in the vicinity, but not so many villages. However, Rajka is an exception. This is a small village located just across the border on the Hungarian side and it has got one attraction of the more interesting kind. It is just outside Rajka that the borders of…
How did we end up in Ostrava and Olomouc? One of the highlights of living in Bratislava – the capital of Slovakia – was how easy it was to travel. There were only a couple of kilometers to the Austrian border. Hungary was not much further away. Even the Czech border was within easy reach….
In the district of Petržalka, just across the Danube River from Bratislava’s city center, lies a series of concrete fortresses. These bunkers are remnants of a defensive line built by Czechoslovakia between 1935 and 1938. Bunker BS-4, known by its nickname “Lány,” is one of the most significant of these fortifications. It stands as a…
How much life fits into four years of a person’s life? That’s a good question and it’s such a good thing that we have Facebook telling us what happened x years ago. Today I learnt that it’s exactly four years ago that I moved abroad. Four Years Ago I Moved Abroad In September 2012 I…
We are almost done with planning our next great adventure. This is one trip that we are really excited about. We have heard so many great things about these three countries that we plan to visit and we will probably not have time to see more than a small portion of what we would like…
There are few celebrations that are as typically Swedish as a crayfish party. Every August these parties pop everywhere: families arrange them, your workplace might invite you to one, they are also popular among friends. A word of warning: a lot of drinking is usually the norm. And you might be expected to sing! Throwing…
Few places in Sweden are as associated with the thought of one single product as Gränna. The town lying next to lake Vättern is famous for its traditional sweet and that is the Polkagris. Once in town, it is really difficult to miss the stores selling the sweets because they are literally everywhere. There is…