When you've been on the road with the motorhome for as long as we have, four months, it feels very unusual to come home. At first it was almost reluctantly that we turned from the west coast. Then we must say that it is nice at home in the marina too!
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We live in a houseboat in Stockholm. Very soon we will be leaving for a longer trip - with our campervan - and before we do, we want to show you some photos from our accommodation in Pampa's marina.
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Pampas marina in Solna is a marina, where you will also find houseboats and a restaurant. Nearby are canoe hire and walking paths. We have lived here, in a houseboat, for almost seven years and now we thought it was time to write and tell you about our marina.
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When you live in a houseboat, you sometimes lose things in the sea. Or things blow overboard the second you look away. We really try to avoid that happening. But sometimes it does, and yesterday was one of those days.
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Now we've got new fenders for the houseboat, so it's ready to face the autumn storms. Living in a house always involves some outdoor work - it's just that the work is a bit different when you live in a floating house.
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Our houseboat has a long history, and there are many gaps in that history that we are not aware of. The other day when we were in the office here in our marina, we got an old photo of the staff on our houseboat. Great! Of course, it brought back a lot of memories, so here's a little picture cavalcade ...
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What a snowstorm in Stockholm! On Sunday morning, we woke up in a world that was tilted, inside window panes that were completely blocked by snow. What had happened to the world outside?
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Now we are back in the houseboat after our trip in Sri Lanka, and it is clear that the storm Alfrida has been raging. It was not quite the same in the houseboat when we came home... Luckily we have thoughtful neighbours who check on the boat when we are not at home!
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In the summer of 2014, we lifted the entire houseboat on land and did a complete renovation that included new construction of the entire upper floor, new panelling everywhere and a new balcony floor on the deck. But of course a houseboat requires maintenance! We've decided that it's best to do a little each year, and this year it was time to paint the deck and lining.
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You have to maintain a houseboat just like you maintain a house. We raised the boat on land in 2014 and rebuilt and renovated most of it then, but there will always be things that need to be fixed. Right now we actually had not thought to fix with the boat, considering that we are busy getting the motorhome ready for departure at midsummer. But then there was one thing that absolutely must fixed ...
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