After we finished eating at Grodhavet at Pampas Marina, our friends took us on a bike ride past Hornsberg beach and Kristineberg beach. This area has really developed and become fantastically beautiful!
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One in four Swedes have backpacked at some point in their lives, according to a survey by Skyscanner. Backpacking is defined here as "visiting one or more countries with only a backpack as a pack". Women have backpacked slightly more than men. And where do we prefer to backpack?
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I have just finished reading Barbara Demicks' fascinating book on North Korea. Ms Demicks is a journalist and has been to North Korea herself, but the book is not based on her own visit. Foreign guests are shown a carefully planned backdrop of perfection on rigidly guided tours of the capital Pyongyang, and Demicks wanted to get behind that backdrop. She chose to set the story in the northern city of Chongjin, and based the story on the lives of a number of North Korean defectors.
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Despite all the hype about long-haul destinations, Spain is the king of destinations for Swedish travellers. This is shown when the travel magazine Vagabond presents the Travel Barometer 2013.
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There are many questions about car holidays: what do others recommend? Which sights are worth seeing? According to a new survey commissioned by TT-Line, a large proportion of Swedes choose to look for travel information on internet travel forums.
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Those of you who follow the blog know that we have been selling our apartment - and now it is sold! The new owners will move in mid-August, and we have until then to find a new home. We are happy to stay in Sundbyberg, but are looking for a smaller apartment. The idea is to find a cheaper accommodation that is easy to rent out when we go on a long trip. The sale feels like the first step on that journey!
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Where can you find the best beer in the world? Could it be in Belgium? When you're in Belgium, you should definitely try Belgian beer. There are lots of different types of beer here, including top-fermented beer, Trappist beer and fruit beer. One beer you'll see in many places is 'Leffe', but there are also many other, perhaps more exciting, varieties to try.
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I am currently at a conference in Ghent, Belgium. Ghent is a small city with about 250,000 inhabitants. I would probably never have thought of coming here, if it wasn't for the fact that we came here for a conference with my work. Now that I'm here, I have to say that this is a very nice city, which I would definitely consider visiting privately as well.
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A quarter of the Swedish population is planning to go on a car holiday in Europe in the summer of 2013, according to a press release from TT-Line. Many take the opportunity to go to the Mediterranean, but Germany and Austria are also starting to compete.
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The UK's Caravan Times website offers the Airstream glamping quiz. If at least five of the following points apply to you, you are a "glamper" (glamorous camper) rather than a camper, according to the quiz. I have a feeling that most of us with motorhomes will fall under the epithet 'glampers' then... right?
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