Category Archives: Stockholm 2025

Our two week stay in Stockholm during which Mirinda had her cataracts removed.

Dining in South America

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Gary

I really like the flat we’re staying in but there is a building site across the road and every morning a big compactus truck sits outside and fills with rubbish. This means the engine just thrums for ages. It’s summer … Continue reading →

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Old man with a book

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Gary

I was on the Tunnelbana this afternoon, surrounded by the doom-scrolling, when I noticed this older man reading a book. An actual, physical book. He was engrossed, unlike the people around him who were busy moving onto the next thing … Continue reading →

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Happy ship, happy Gaz

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Gary

Waxholm III is an amazing old boat. She was built in 1903 and has had a rather chequered life. Her name has changed, as well as her ‘job’. At first, called S/S Skärgården, she operated out of Norrköping but, by … Continue reading →

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Fish can cough

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Gary

It was the perfect day to go to Skansen so that was exactly what we did. Sun and blue sky, not much wind to speak of, and the likelihood of rain at pretty close to zero. And we were not … Continue reading →

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Summer cottage for the merchant class

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Gary

Back in the 17th century, it was very peaceful in the Nacka area in Stockholm. There were a few summer stugas, but the only roads were tracks through the woods and meadows and the only traffic were horses and carts. … Continue reading →

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Vomit on the back of the head

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Gary

Mirinda does not like riding in the back seat of a car. She says it makes her car sick. She has always said this, at least as long as I’ve known her. It makes her queasy, she says. If you … Continue reading →

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Not exactly small

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Gary

The Codex Gigas is a massive bible. It was created sometime between 1204 and 1230 by, possibly, a single Benedictine monk. Modern analysis seems to indicate that it was made by a single hand. If so, it would have taken … Continue reading →

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Second eye

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Gary

Something that is really annoying me at the moment is how YouTube wants me to login to verify I’m human every time I want to play one of my OWN videos on my OWN blog. So, whenever I come across … Continue reading →

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Supreme saki sommelier

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Gary

After a very late start (Mirinda had a meeting with Portugal) we set off for Fotografiska. It’s somewhere we’ve been a few times. The first time was back in April 2021 when we discovered the famous Fika Trolley. The trolley … Continue reading →

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Seeing art properly for the first time

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Gary

Mirinda was almost in tears today as she looked at the artworks in the Thiel Gallery. Previously, with her old vision, paintings had been lovely, but now, with her new, improved eye, they have taken on a new glow; a … Continue reading →

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