Category Archives: Travel

It seems as if we’ve only just arrived here; and, really, that’s quite accurate. We walked our feet off today. I’m almost glad tomorrow is a driving day. Göteborg is a bit of a mixed bag. It’s a very vibrant … Continue reading →

It’s spelt Gothenburg in English, but pronounced yuh-te-bory in Swedish; just so you know. In the end, we took a slight variation on my alternative route and travelled 480 km today. We’re now a mere 1093 km from home. It was a … Continue reading →

Today was another Icelandic jumper day. Happily, I had mine with me, so got another day’s wear out of it. We spent the entire day at Skansen, although a good chunk of the morning was spent walking over to Djurgården, … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s brief glimpse of the sun during the last vestiges of daylight proved predictive of today’s weather: blue skies and glorious sun, all day long! The temperature was sub-zero, but who cares? It was fantastic weather. This was the day … Continue reading →

What Americans call Thousand Island dressing is known in Sweden as Rhode Island dressing. That’s a conversation stopper for your next party, if ever there was one. I forgot to preface this entry by saying that the content would be … Continue reading →