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“Poirot,” I said. “I have been thinking.”
“An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
― Agatha Christie, Peril at End House
It’s Sunday night and all I can say is wow – what a week! I’m feeling quite lazy after an eventful week in two beautiful Nordic capitals. This week we had our kitchen fixed, Stockholm drowned in snow, and I also paid a quick visit to Helsinki. Oh, and I probably don’t need to mention…
This morning when we woke up the world outside our window was white. Some lazy snow flakes were falling towards the ground. It was the first morning in a long time that the ground was white. Many people think of Sweden as a cold country. Of course it’s true for some parts of the country,…
Welcome November! November is probably the rainiest month of the year – at least here in Sweden. Now we are in the weeks when the Christmas lights are not yet brightening the streets and people are incredibly tired. I’m seriously considering the possibility of converting myself into a Moomin and sleep until March. So, what better…
I really enjoy quotes, so let’s go on a journey around the world to find some wise words to inspire us today. Of course they are all somehow related to traveling – this is a travel blog, after all. Wise Words From Finland Tove Jansson is perhaps one of the most famous Finnish writers –…
A few days ago I wrote an article about the wanderlust gene. According to the hypothesis, people who possess this particular gene are extroverts. A little voice in my head objected: “what about me, the introvert?”. And my thoughts wandering. There are times that I doubt the extroverts undertands where I’m coming from. What would…
There comes a time (or several times) in everybody’s life to think about what they should be, or how they should be. I admire two kinds of people, those who are adventurous and those who are brave. Let this be a Friday feelgood post about the way we would like things to be. Whenever I…
It’s (finally) Friday and I thought I’d share some weekend inspiration. August has begun and in my world it means that fall is slowly making its entrance. I find that fall is a season when inspiration strikes. In my world it’s not the beginning of the end, rather it’s always a new beginning. I still…
Hello friends! Today we will share a few tips for all of you who want to travel more. It is not uncommon that people ask us how we find the time and money to do all the traveling that we do. A word or two of comfort, it is not as difficult as it might…
4.13 a.m. on a Wednesday. Outside the sun has already risen. The world is silent. When you read this post it will be Midsummer Eve and we are off somewhere far away from civilization, celebrating the way Nordic people tend to do. Maybe it is the early hour that has awoken my inner philosopher, but…
It’s a rainy Saturday and there’s plenty of time for writing and pondering, so let’s talk about a summer of challenges. Before continuing to the actual things I’d like to try this wonderful summer of 2016, let’s focus a while or two on the definition and nature of a good challenge. One of the definitions…
It would be almost criminal for us to have a travel blog, live in Stockholm and NOT write about the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. So, how did we – two ordinary citizens of Stockholm – experience the festivities? Not at all, really. Maybe we don’t hang out in the right places. To all non-Europeans out there,…
It’s time again to summarize weeks 14 and 15. But first, hello people! How are you? Here the sun is finally showing up and we are looking forward to some upcoming trips. This week our only trip was to what is supposed to be the biggest mall in Scandinavia. It’s actually called Mall of Scandinavia….