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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It snows and snows, and we get to experience houseboat life in winter weather. Really cosy actually! These pictures are from yesterday afternoon, when it snowed a little more moderately than today and when the sun also looked out cautiously. If you are wondering, we have no problem with the heat in the boat, even though the upstairs is uninsulated and several windows are only single glazed.
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Yesterday we celebrated Peter's youngest son Billie's 18th birthday. It was a festive evening in the houseboat with Billie, his older brother Robin, his wife Alexandra and Robin's little sister Felicia. Then we went to the Old Town for a bite to eat at Vapiano and on to Stureplan to dance a bit ... Now we have woken up to even more snow, and continued snowing.
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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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Forex occasionally presents a holiday index, where you can see how prices in different countries compare with those in Sweden. Sweden has "100" and other countries get a number that is relative to this. The cheapest on the list in 2014 is actually ... the Philippines!
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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.
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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There is a houseboat for sale here in Pampas marina. It is the boat Tua that is for sale. This houseboat is even more of a boat than ours, so to speak. It has a working engine, so it's not just a home - it can also be driven.
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