#66 Just Use the Bucket

We are back! We catch up on our summer experiences, like broken toilets, meze for Midsommar and traveling in the outside world! Also, a spotlight on Fårö.

Is not opinion. Is fact.

Just back from a 3-week long trip to Italy. Wonderful time, beautiful scenery and excellent food! Why do we keep going to Italy? Well, as you see from this sign: Italy is the most beautiful country in the world. This is not an opinion, there are incontrovertible numbers that prove it.

This is jet lag

For those who haven’t experienced it, here is what jet-lag feels like, illustrated by our youngest son:

Back to Switcher-land

Once again, we are changing planes today in Switzerland….. wait, I’m sorry Switcher-land, as my 8-yr old insists it’s called. We changed planes here a couple of years ago and he misunderstood the name of the country, though it made quite a bit of sense at the time. Since then, I’ve been trying to convince …

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Gopher Museum

I keep telling my husband we should stop in Canada one year on our summer trip to Texas. He’s reluctant, but maybe THIS will convince him!  THE GOPHER MUSEUM

Drinking wine and eating a baguette on bonfire night

Yes, we take a lot of trips. At the moment, we are in Paris. You may say, “How come you can travel so much? Don’t people work in Sweden?” The short answer is, “Not all that much.” The longer answer is that we have lots of fun holidays and we are good at doing our …

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A good offer?

I just got an offer in my email for Groupon – “Europe trip with SECRET destination!” Umm… no thanks. Who would take them up on that? I’m adventurous, but not THAT adventurous! “We have beaches, animals, sunshine.”

Surprise trip

Today is my last day in my 30s. My husband is whisking me off on a surprise trip today for my 40th birthday, which takes place tomorrow.  I’m setting up some posts for the next few days, but I won’t be able to say where I’ve been until next week when we return.  I don’t …

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Chicago

We are heading for Chicago for a short trip on our way to Texas.  Why Chicago, you ask?  Because my husband just read a book about the serial killer H.H. Holmes from the 1890s and was fascinated by streets filled with horse manure and gritty worker conditions. But if anyone in customs asks, it’s for …

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Read this while I’m at the beach

I’m writing this a week before we go on our vacation, which we will be on by the time you are reading this. No internet and no phones.  Total disconnect. It’s like being one with nature…. …..but with microwaves….and t.v……and restaurants….and a car….. Ah, close enough.  

Let’s make party

We are soon staying in an apartment on vacation through AirBnB – a website where people can rent out their apartments.  I was just checking the one we chose to learn more about the area.  The host writes: “You have awesome possibilities to have a nice dinner, or drink something in a bar or make …

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