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Flat finding

Monday, May 12th, 2008

We have found a lovely flat to move into next month. It’s got a fairly good view of the lipstick building and is in a idyllic residential area. Each L shape of flats surrounds a little area covered with flowers and hosting a miniature playground for children. As it would appear is usual for blocks […]

Blue trams in green Gothenburg

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

It’s been a busy few days. We’ve been mooching around Gothenburg city centre, flat hunting and cycling out to the coast. We’ve even remembered to take Keyvan’s camera out a couple of times and here is one of my favourite pictures of a tram on Avenyn.

All the museum access you could want

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

We’ve spent the last two days cycling into the centre in the lovely sunshine. Yesterday we went on a voyage of discovery to the library. There are a surprising number of books in English, that browsing along the shelves you come across. This all seems perfectly normal because in Sweden everyone speaks English. You can […]

Norwich takes green issues seriously

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

I can’t believe that Boris Johnson actually won the vote and is now Mayor of London. It’s probably going to be awful in London now – he’s scrap the congestion charge and do about a million other things that are anti-green, anti-social and anti ordinary people. Not that Ken Livingstone was the best thing ever […]

Pink flamingoes in Slottsskogen

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

K and I walked into the centre of Gothenburg today. The weather was gorgeous and so the whole place looked lovely. We walked through Slottsskogen and saw pink flamingoes characteristically balancing on one leg. Slottsskogen is a lovely park that we’re going to have to take some time to explore. Today lots of people were […]

Me and the washing machine

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I’m very pleased with myself because I’ve just managed to work out how to use a washing machine. Well it was in Swedish. I tried several translating sites but this was my favourite. We’re so tired after carrying our bikes across town. There’s got to be a level of irony there. We’re so tired that […]

New shiny bikes

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

After a Swedish breakfast of tiny strips of bacon and eggs (seems very English doesn’t it), Keyvan’s ever kindly friends drove us to our new flat. We’re going be staying here for a month and so far it seems very nice. It’s in a residential area not far from Slottsskogen (the huge park in Gothenburg) […]

Sunny Norwich peacefully snoozing

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

It’s so nice to be back in Norwich. It’s unbelievably peaceful and calm and the pace of life is so gentle and slow. The pavements are relatively uncrowded and I haven’t had to squash myself onto any form of public transport because I can cycle everywhere in the city. I wouldn’t leave but I hear […]

Dublin drizzle and trams to drool over

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I have just got back from a wee holiday in Dublin. We nipped over there for Keyvan’s graduation – an exciting event held in The Helix at Dublin City University. The only slightly odd thing about the ceremony was the lack of motarboards but we all pulled through. There was a good speech from Olivia […]

Andrew Duncan highly recommended

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I walked around St James after work today. It’s quite nice but it’s bizarre wandering past the shops seeing priceless antiques on sale, of the sort that I’ve only ever seen in galleries and museums. It was odd seeing things in Christies advertised at more than the cost of an ordinary person’s house and it […]