Friday Blog: Turkey, Trentino, report about us and competition

Text and photo: Helena Bergström

What a week! Our greatest memories are about the special trip to southeast Turkey. At the same time, we have put a lot of time and energy into a competition in collaboration with the Tunisian Tourist Office. Don't miss out on competing!

A nice trip to southeastern Turkey

It was a very nice trip to Mardin in southeastern Turkey. It was a press trip, which means that you are required to participate in a fairly intensive program and to report. but It also usually means that you get good guides and interesting experiences.

The whole trip felt exotic and special, and it was certainly fun with the sign ”Stockholm 4809 km” that we saw in the city. Midyat.

Another thing that is special is the meetings. On this type of trip you meet other journalists and travel bloggers – in this case from Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia and Hungary – and you travel incredibly intensively together for a few days. On the last day there was a tearful farewell from our new friends!

Regarding our visit to Turkey, we have already told you about the feeling of visiting one of Turkey's most beautiful cities. Soon we will tell you about the art biennial, and then there will be a guide to Mardin!

Inspiration about Trentino

We landed at 15:30 at Arlanda, and at 17:00 we were invited to an event focusing on the Trentino region in Italy. Would we make it?

We arrived at the event at 5:10 PM (with suitcases in tow) and just had time to sit down to listen to a presentation about the Italian Trentino. We have visited Riva del Garda, which is part of this region, and we learned that the region also offers nature, alpine lakes, cycling and fishing, among other things.

And delicious Italian food of course! The tastings at the event left me wanting more!

Report on us

When we got home to the marina, where we live in our houseboat, our neighbor waved the magazine "Praktiskt Båtägande". There's a report about us there! We hadn't seen it before, so it was fun to see!

Compete – and win a trip to Tunisia!

In recent weeks, we have spent a huge amount of time putting together a campaign together with the Tunisian Tourist Office. The focus is to shine a light on Tunisia as a tourist country for Swedes, which they want to do in connection with the football match between Sweden and Tunisia on June 15.

Tunisia is a fantastic country to visit as we hot can recommend. We have really worked hard on the campaign (texts, pictures, films and many meetings) and we are very happy to now be able to present this competition! All you have to do is answer a few short questions – and you could win a wonderful trip to Tunisia, organized by the Tunisian National Tourist Office.

You are competing here! Please note that your email address only used to contact the winner. You will not receive any newsletters or marketing or anything else. Welcome to compete!

This week: Grateful for ...

This week we are grateful for all the amazing experiences we have had through travel. Visiting Mardin in southeastern Turkey was special – an experience we will carry with us for the rest of our lives.

Your turn ... What are you grateful for this week?

The week ahead

Now we're home again! We've traveled unusually little with the camper this year... but it's coming! We'll be home for a while longer, though.

Right now, a number of different events (and other commitments) are pending at the same time as Jonathan, who writes for FREEDOMtravel, sets off on an adventure along the German ”Burgenstrasse”. Report coming soon!

The picture below was taken when we flew into Stockholm. I asked several different AIs about the location and got suggestions such as the coast outside Split, Greenland and the USA. Well, you can't always trust those language models... We wish you a nice Friday and weekend!

Did you miss the last Friday Blog? Read it Greetings from Eastern Turkey