It all started with dynamite and ends up with the most spectacular banquet in the world. Frist a little about Mr Alfred Nobel, Mr Dynamite – born 1833 in Stockholm and died in Italy 1896, he became 63 years old. … Continue reading
Frank, what a fantastic topic this week – PEACE!!!! Why is it so hard … and why haven’t we learned????!!! For this challenge is there only one way for me to go … and it’s so fantastic that Swedish art … Continue reading
…. for ONE organic cucumber?????!!!. Was at our budget supermarket Lidl today and I want a cucumber, but the only ones they had were organic – there was no price so I went to the customer scanner and that is … Continue reading
Fantasy???!!! “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” Lloyd Alexander As a child, I had a very lively imagination. I was very lonely as a child and I always made up fantasy stories … … Continue reading
The city of Landskrona is usually claimed to have been founded in 1413 by the King of Denmark, Eric of Pomerania, as a trading city intended to compete with Danish towns under the control of the Hanseatic League. There is … Continue reading
“Let’s go somewhere the sun kisses the ocean” Unknown I don’t have to go fare … only 15 min walk from home. It’s all on my doorsteps. The whole of my adult life has I lived where the ocean has … Continue reading
Amy, the countryside in my county Skåne (Scania) is very open … it’s a farmer county. Here we grow apples, grapes, sugar beets, leek, strawberries, onion, flax, potatoes, salix, corn, gains, pees, and of course rapeseed. We have about 7999 … Continue reading
They say that if you are a true globetrotter is this one of the world festivals that you shouldn’t miss – up there with Rio, Madi Gras and the Carnival of Venice. Sweden’s Midsummer (‘Midsommar’ in Swedish) is the quintessential … Continue reading
…. a Swede in many ways, my heart is truly blue and yellow … our little country has in many ways made the difference to the world; lighthouse beacon flashing light, the dynamite, Skype, the pacemaker, the blowtorch, Volvo, multi-row … Continue reading
“The blooming time now come with great joy and beauty: you approach the sweet summer, when grass and crops grow. With gentle and lively warmth to all who have died, the sun’s rays to approach, and everything gets re-born. The … Continue reading
… because we can use our Summer jo-jo card, that means that we have unlimited travel on all public transport inside our county, Skåne (Scania). It’s not for free … 699SEK/$74./£58/66€ and valid from 15th June to 15th of August. … Continue reading
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” Charles Bowden For the first time this year … have I enjoyed my dinner out on my balcony. We have the most beautiful evening. Have been ….. WAITING! The summer took … Continue reading
“The Winter Raged” (Longing for the country) – Herman Sätherberg,1812-1897 “The winter raged among our mountains snowdrift melt down and die. The sky smiles in the spring’s bright nights, sun kisses lives in forests and lakes. Soon it is summer here! … Continue reading
“When people ask me what equipment I use – I tell them my eyes.” Unknown “There is no blue without yellow and without orange” Vincent Van Gogh A rapeseed field in my county Skåne (Scania) – May 2014 “Marrakech taught … Continue reading
Yesterday, Saturday 19 January at 11-15, Skånetrafiken, in cooperation with Landskrona City and Nobina, was will be offering the trip for anyone who wanted to try to go on an electric bus. Landskrona is the first in Skåne to invest … Continue reading
