Category Archives: reflections The blog posts have been few and far between during the past months which wasn’t at all my plan, I’d love to post something everyday but since I’d like those posts to be substantial and worth reading I simply haven’t had time to. But as compensation for the past weeks of silence, here’s now a […]  This evening we’ve spent hours sitting like this. Sometimes completely soaked up by our own screens, sometimes discussing something. One looking at car spares, one doing research on travel blogs. After filling out forms, making decisions, reading more travel blogs, scratching our heads, going from despair to hope and back and back again. One of […] We found these guys’ videos this weekend and couldn’t help but watch each one of them. When I see things like this I want to do it so bad I get close to tears. Thanks, Nick and Joanne, for the inspiration this weekend! This is a short summary of the entire trip, to see the […]  I can’t believe it’s March already. Today we have quite nice weather, although a bit chilly still. Something I found out when I dressed in my light jacket and light shoes and came out to the parking to find the car covered in ice! The sun does its job now though, so even though the […]  When you’ve acquired a taste for dust, The scent of our first rain, You’re hooked for life on Africa And you’ll not be right again Till you can watch the setting moon And hear the jackals bark And know that they’re around you, Waiting in the dark. When you long to see the elephants, […]  I’ve always preferred tulips to roses and they had some gorgeous red ones at our local corner shop so I got some. The first few weeks of contacting potential sponsors have really made me realize how hard it is and how long it will take. I didn’t think it would be easy or over in a week, but I’m really starting to understand the immensity of it. To be honest, I had my moments in the beginning […]  Still, after many years, I can sometimes think of things that I’d love to show or tell Brian’s family about. They haven’t been here – yet – but we’re hoping to get them all here one day. And everytime we visit them they ask things about Sweden, about our way of life, traditions, food or […] |
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