Monthly Archives: July 2021

Mirinda is always looking at real estate. It’s a strange kind of hobby and one she’s embraced for many years. It was bad enough when I had to steer her away from estate agent’s windows but, these days, most of … Continue reading →

Today we found the best roadside stopping place ever. It’s at Tindered off the E22 in Småland, on the east coast of Sweden. While there’s a restaurant, a playground, a lovely lake, petrol, toilets and a flying fox, there’s also … Continue reading →

Tomorrow we leave what has been our home since last October. We have watched the seasons and the landscape change as we’ve gone from late autumn to mid summer. We have experienced temperatures of -20° and +30°. We have loved … Continue reading →

Today was a huge red letter day for the girls. Not only did they get to experience quite a few buses and a ferry then wander around Stockholm, smelling smells they’d never smelled before but they also ate a bowl … Continue reading →

Today marked Mirinda’s final solo trip into Stockholm. She visited the Stockholm Stadshuset and went on a fascinating tour of the various rooms. She came home with lots of interesting and, sometimes, surprising facts. Like the one about the mosaic … Continue reading →

The title of this post is not exactly correct. We had intended to visit Norrby’s for the final time for brunch today. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the big black gates, they were firmly closed against us. They are on … Continue reading →

About a month ago, I started organising our excess baggage to head home ahead of us. It’s all our winter clothes. It was transported to Sweden in October, and now it’s going back. I’ve already mentioned the annoying post Brexit … Continue reading →

Following Italy’s win in the Euro 2020 final last night, social media was awash with racist abuse against the England team. From supposed England fans. I guess some of it could have been from trolls in other countries, intended to … Continue reading →