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Book tips: Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

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Here is a book tip that is also a film tip. Li Cunxin grows up as a poor peasant boy in communist China. His family barely has enough food for the day, but he learns early on that, thanks to Chairman Mao, he lives in the richest country in the world. Imagine how terrible the people in the capitalist world must be!

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Book tip: Three seconds by Roslund & Hellström

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Peter read Three Seconds in the summer of 2009. I remember exactly when he opened the first page. We were on the ferry between Ystad and Swinoujscie at the time, heading down to Europe with the camper van. After just a few lines, he looked up and asked "What is the name of this boat?".

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Gysinge Bruk in Gästrikland

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As you may know, I lecture from time to time. One of the advantages of this is that you get to visit a lot of different nice and interesting places in Sweden (conferences are often held in old fine farms, mansions, world houses and mills). Today I have been to Gysinge Bruk in Gästrikland.

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Cooking in your campervan - our top tips

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Last month we asked about cooking in the motorhome. Most people answered that they usually "cook something simple", although many also "cook something delicious". Kitchens in modern motorhomes are good, but of course you have less space to move around than at home and it's nice to not have too many pots and pans.

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Seafood in Smögen - Sweden's beautiful west coast

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Of course you want to take the opportunity to eat seafood in Smögen. The very best seafood is supposed to be here, and if there's one thing we really love, it's prawns, crayfish, crabs and the like. The fog is thick as you can see and the air is quite cold, but what does that matter when you can feast on delicious seafood?

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Bredsands camping in Enköping

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Finally, we have a completely free weekend and the opportunity to go out with the motorhome. We have taken a rather short turn and stopped at Bredsands camping in Enköping. Here you stand nicely by the water and the sun warms gently - not bad at all!

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What do you know about Kazakhstan?

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What do you know about Kazakhstan? Yesterday we went on a taxi journey that made us curious about this exciting country in the East. Countries that no one usually goes to awaken the spirit of discovery and make us easily excited. It's too far to take the car, but could we take a plane and backpack?

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The Wingamm motorhome brand in Sweden

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We recently read about the motorhome brand Wingamm, and when we read about the brand we realised that it was in Sundbyberg where we live. How likely is that? Furthermore, we suddenly saw a Wingamm motorhome parked on a street in the city centre.

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We drive Adria, what do you drive?

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At this time of year, all the different brands and models of motorhomes are highlighted. It's not easy to choose! We looked around at many different motorhomes before we bought ours. In the end it was a Adria Coral 660 sp from 2007 (although it may not be easy to see).

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How to deal with bills while travelling?

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We were abroad for more than five weeks this summer, and it goes without saying that some bills are bound to come in during that time. We tried to anticipate some of them, to avoid reminder fees and other hassles, and contacted some companies in advance.

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