Dining etiquette in other cultures is not always easy. In Europe, we are taught that it is important to choose the right glass and fork, and to look each other in the eye when toasting. In Asia, where there is a lot of symbolism, the importance is often quite different.
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Göran Rosenbergs tells the story of his father, who miraculously survived the Holocaust and Auschwitz. In the unnatural environment in which he happened to find himself as a young man, death is the most reasonable thing and anyone who defies that fate is a miracle in themselves. In fact, long before he is conceived, both of Göran's parents succeed in this almost impossible endeavour.
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In the beginning we thought we would choose a more old-fashioned style of interior design in the houseboat, but it has become more and more modern ... Right now we are fixing the clothing storage in our large "walk-in-closet", which is really just one end of our large room on the lower deck.
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My supervisor and I arrived in Edinburgh roughly on schedule, where we were picked up by car by one of the PhD students at the University of Glasgow. Then we arrived at the magnificent University of Glasgow. Wow, what ancient buildings to study and research in!
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Another book I read when we were in the Philippines was Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye's book 438 Days. This is their account of their imprisonment in an Ethiopian prison, after they entered the Ogaden to do a report on Lundin Oil.
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I never cease to be fascinated by American motorhomes. Above all, they are often impressive in size, but it is also interesting to see some different solutions than in the European cars. In Sweden, you can buy American motorhomes through American Motorhomes, which imports the vehicles directly from the USA.
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Yesterday, we celebrated Peter's youngest son Billie, who turned 18. It was a festive evening on the houseboat with Billie, his older brother Robin, his wife Alexandra, and Robin's little sister Felicia.
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We did a lot of reading during our holiday in the Philippines, and one of the books I read was The East End Midwife. Jennifer Worth worked in the 1950s as a midwife and nurse in the poorest parts of London, and this is her memoir.
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Now we have travelled from Mindoro to Boracay in the Philippines. We were picked up by car at 08:00 outside the hotel in Sabang and travelled across almost all of Mindoro, to Roxas. All the way we drove through dense, lush rainforest and everywhere we saw people who live completely different lives than us. Just before the ferry was due to depart, we arrived.
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After an 11-hour (uncomfortable) flight, we arrived in Xiamen, located on the coast of south-east China. The airport is really in the centre of the city. We almost licked the rooftops on approach, where people were hanging laundry, or whatever they were doing.
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