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June was full of heat, heat and more heat. As well as graduation trucks, sunbathers, Swedish strawberries, long days and short nights, Midsommar ads, floral dresses, rambunctious seagulls, queues at ice cream shops and bright pelargoniums. The photo of these girls with heads full of rollers is my favourite from
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One of our recent UK visitors requested nature time and Erstaviksbadet was at the top of our list. The Saltsjöbanan train line usually takes us here but Scott made the horrifying discovery that it would be closed for the rest of the year. I felt sad at the prospect of
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Spring was very mild when it finally arrived, so we headed to Fjäderholmarna a little earlier in the year than usual. We also had two sets of visitors and took them both there because this place is the perfect island hop experience. Although the boat journey from Stockholm is only
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May was a burst of heat, t-shirts and Birkenstocks, cherry blossom, boats moving back to the water, bright green leaves, the return of pop-up fruit stands and outdoor dining. Spring rattled past very quickly this year, especially considering there was still snow on the ground in early April, and we&
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Aside from hiking to Sjalsö, the rest of our time on Gotland was centred around Visby innerstad. I ended up with a few random photos, so this post is a collection of moments captured on my phone and camera, in no particular order. We usually visit Gotland earlier or later
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Our latest Gotland adventure feels like such a long time ago already (it has only been a few weeks really). We were really looking forward to disconnecting from everyday life, and started counting down the days until we set sail, as soon as we'd booked the trip! Bright
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April was a month of daffodils, påskris, snow, luminous sunsets, loppis popping up in public spaces, people being "sunflowers" and soaking up the sun with their eyes closed, clear blue skies, the reopening of ice cream shops and a city buzz we haven't experienced in months.
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March was a month of bitter cold, the return of seagulls, semla, piles of påskgodis, tulips, snowstorms, colourful sunsets once again, light mornings and blue evenings. Trays of delicious semla filled the windows and counters of bakeries. Me and Scott are still divided on which shop sells the perfect semla
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My last photos from the streets of Seoul [sniff]. Reliving my experiences to write these posts is one of the things I love most about having a blog. And also why I feel a bit disappointed when I reach the end of a photo sorting mission! This post contains images
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Thick smog hung over Seoul for most of my visit, casting a beautiful steel blue light on everything. In fact, the first smog free day didn't arrive until it was time for me to leave. The air quality was consistently "very unhealthy" according to my weather
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I took a surprising amount of photos in Seoul given the relatively short amount of time I was there. The next three blog posts of my Seoul adventure are a chronological-ish collection of interesting things I spotted around the city... I landed at Incheon and met my good friend Magda,
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Bukchon Hanok Village is an old residential neighbourhood in Seoul. Bukchon means "northern village" and hanok are traditional Korean houses with tiled roofs. The area is a hilly maze of narrow streets and alleys, with homes, shops, museums and places of cultural interest. I didn't discover
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