When you have a house (or a houseboat for that matter) it is important to take care of it! Now we have finally finished building and organised everything in the houseboat - and we can say that it has been a turbulent year.
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Polish food, what is it? We don't often talk about Polish cuisine ... so what kind of food do you get in Poland? First of all, it can be said that the food is hefty. If you go into a restaurant, you never have to leave hungry. We go through soups, meat, fish, pastries, sweets and some drinks. Join us!
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Now we are home after a fantastic week in Poland. We travelled home with the Polish ferry from Gdansk to Nynäshamn. It's a very convenient route because you don't have to drive through the whole of southern Sweden. But while the ferry has its advantages, it also has its disadvantages ...
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Malbork Castle in Poland is located in the Polish city of the same name. The castle was built by the Teutonic Order in the 14th century and is the largest brick building in Europe. It is a really powerful castle, which you won't want to miss during your visit to Poland.
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The Hel Peninsula in Poland offers fantastic views. This peninsula is a 35 kilometre long tongue of land that extends into the Baltic Sea. In most places it is so narrow that you can walk across it in five minutes. The feeling here, as you walk along the long white sandy beaches, is almost exotic.
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Our friends have bought an apartment in Mechelinki in Poland. It is a newly built complex with a number of apartments with fantastic views of the sea. Mechelinki is quiet, but at the same time you can quickly get to bigger places like Sopot, Gdynia or Gdansk. Very nice location!
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Then it was time to lift the catamaran down from the roof of the motorhome ... After various discussions back and forth, we decided to ask if we could get help in a high boathouse, where there was a winch. No problem!
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Mechelinki has been a sleepy little fishing village on the Polish Baltic coast. Not far away are holiday resorts like Rewa, Hel and Sopot, but almost no tourists have found their way to Mechelinki... yet. But that may be about to change. With the help of EU funding, the village has been able to build a pier on the water, and restaurants and hotels are starting to spring up.
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Finally, it was time for the defence and the defence party! Yesterday I presented my research and the content of my thesis in front of an audience. After the presentation, it was time for the opponent, Dr Craig Melville from the University of Glasgow, to lead the questioning and discussion. He asked tricky but good questions. I was very, very happy with the opponent, but after two hours of questioning in English, I was still exhausted...
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The trips that I remember most are the ones that have changed me. Sandy beaches and sunbeds are great. A week of relaxation with a fruit drink in hand can serve its purpose. But that's not what drives me to travel, it's something else. It's the desire to be fulfilled by the unexpected, that which challenges my established view of life and forces me to change. Here are ten such journeys that have changed me. Which journeys have changed you, and why?
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