Cabo Frio


Nar vi var i Buzios akte vi pa en battur fran hamnen i Cabo Frio.

Endagsturen inkluderade gratis Caprihinias, nyfangade musslor, snorkling i kristallblatt vatten och massa sol! :)





Promenad i Palermo



Palermo var ett av mina favoritomraden i Buenos Aires.

Vackra, tradkantade gator med micket bra shopping (det skadar ju inte! :) och mysiga sma cafeer och pubar.











Saker att se fram emot...




att min lill-syrra Rosie kommer till Sydney ikvall! :)



En lordagskvall i Rio, Brazil





Ny klanning fran Animale, Buzios


En flaska bubbel som Carol o Dave fick i brollopspresent delades pa rummet





Sushi till middag



Drinkar i varan hotellbar, Baretto Londra



Vidare till Bar do Copa i Copacabana Palace





och avslut pa en nattklubb jag inte minns namnet pa! :)


Roliga minnen



Gick igenom lite av flyttlasset (vi har forresten fortfarande inte fatt nycklarna till huset...) och hittade det har tidningsurklippet fran 2005.

Innan jag akte till Australien ringde jag runt till nagra lokaltidningar i Gislaveds-trakten och fragade om jag kunde fa skriva kronikor for dem medans jag var ute och reste.

De tackade nej, men Varnamo Nyheter fragade om de inte kunde gora en artikel om min resa Down Under.

Sa det har var resultatet. Ar glad att jag har sparat urklippet, var roligt att satta mig ner o lasa det imorse.

Om hur en `kompis' (H) skulle mota mig pa flygplatsen i Sydney och `hjalpa mig tillratta' och att jag bara skulle stanna i Australien i ett ar (kommer ihag att mamma laste det och sa `du ska ju bara stanna tre manader, det har du lovat!' Sex ar senare sitter ar jag fortfarande har...)

Pratade aven om mina planer att efter Australien aka till Barcelona och battra pa min spanska, och sedan soka in till journalisthogskolan.

Tank vad planerna andras... :)






The Wedding



Den har resan blev av for att jag skulle vara brudtarna at en av mina basta vanner, Carol, som gifte sig i sin hemstad Belo Horizonte i Brasilien.

Brollopet var jattevackert.

De gick uppfor en rod matta och over altaret pa en liten balkong stod en barnakor och sjong.

Jag var riktigt nervos precis innan jag skulle borja ga, och i sista stund smog jag till mig en servett som jag gomde under buketten. Det var tur det; det blev nagra tarar nar jag sag Carol o Dave ga nerfor gangen!

Festen darefter var ocksa jattebra, vi satt inte ner och at utan det var buffe och alla minglade.

Mitt i allt kom brasiliska dansare och upptradde, och sedan gick vi till en nattklubb jamte den stora salen och dansade salsa (eller ja, jag forsokte dansa sala :S!)

Kort o gott, en mycket minnesvard kvall!














Deras mops Cruz fick vara med pa tartan :)




Bastu!






Favoriten i huset ar bastun ;)





AVICII





Svenska DJn ACVICII kommer spela i Buzios nasta vecka.

Vi kommer redan vara i Rio De Janeiro dea sa kommer behova bussa en och en halv timma for att komma hit.

Ar det vart det? Nagon som har sett Avicii live eller kanner nagon som har?


AVICII - Pacha Búzios - 13/11/2011 - RJ

A partir de
R$ 156,00 ou em 2x de R$ 78,00 sem juros











Basta hemmafesten nagonsin...



Igar kvall, varan forsta kvall i Belo Horizonte, hade Carols vanner anordnat en valkomst barbecue.

Jag trodde vi bara skulle grilla hemma i nagons tradgard sa blev overraskad nar vi kom dit.

Huset sag ut som en miniatyr av Vita Huset, och en vakt stod bakom en last grind med gastlista.

Efter att han checkat av vara namn slapptes vi in genom grindarna och leddes in till bakgarden, dar festen redan var i full gang!

En kock stod bakom grillen och kypare i kostymer gick runt med tallrikar med mat och brickor med vodka, RedBull och tequila.

Carol sa till en kompis att hon hade glomt cigaretterna hemma och vips sa kom en kypare fram med ett paket pa en silverbricka till henne.

Killen som hade festen hade aven en nattklugg inne i huset (helt seriost!)

Inte bara ett litet rum med musik utan ett stort dansgolv med discoljus och ett riktigt DJ booths.

Basta hemmafesten nagonsin! :)















Underbara Uruguay



Forra mandagen och tisdagen hade jag, som vanligt, tva stressiga dagar pa jobbet.

Hade kommunmote pa mandagkvallen, och deadline for tidningen pa tisdagen.

Den har mandagen och tisdagen har varit bra mycket battre :)

Istallet for att jobba och stressa har jag njutit i poolen, solat, atit gott, druckit drinkar, gymmat, spelat tennis, cyklat, myst och suttit pa terassen och kollat pa solnedgangen.

Vi kom hit i sondags och aker idag och det har varit nagra lugna, skona dagar.

Nu ar vi redo for Brasilien och brollop! :)























Only in Argentina...



Taxi spray som luktar Creme Brulee!




Asia De Cuba




Hit ska vi ikvall:









Jetlagged



Ja, man blir jetlaggad aven nar man flyger business class ;)

Men istallet for att ga och lagga oss nar vi anlande i Buenos Aires igar morgon holl vi oss vakna och strosade runt i stan.

Pa kvallen laddade vi upp med vodka Redbull innan vi gick ut. Brukar aldrig dricka Redbull men igar behovdes det...

Alkoholen ar billig: vi kopte Belvedere vodka, Chandon champagne, gott rodvin och fyra Redbulls for runt 300 svenska. Gillas!



:)






4 stereotypes about Swedes, do you agree with them?



Anna mejlade o fragade om jag kan komma pa nagra bra fordomar australier har om svenskar.

Kom inte pa nagot sa jag gjorde vad man bor gora nar man behover svar pa nagot; googlade.

Hittade denna artikeln skriver av nagra studenter.

Haller ni med? Vad har ni stott pa mer for fordomar om svenskar?

4 stereotypes about Swedes, do you agree with them?

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“The Swedes are gay”

This stereotype is from our eastern neighbors in Finland.

During our research about it we have discovered that the Finnish people don’t think that all Swedish men are homosexual, because the “gay-word” is a synonym for feminine. S

o, Finland thinks they have more masculine men than we have in Sweden. Why do they think so? Well, we have revealed some reasons.

First we have weapons, war and pronunciation.

The Finnish say that Sweden hasn’t got war for so many years, which they have had in Finland, so our Swedish men aren’t as brave and bold as they.

They also seem to think that weapons create status. And because we have strong laws about weapons in Sweden and few weapons circulating in the society (at least officially) our Swedish men don’t have as much status as a Finnish weapon-wearing man, the Finnish think. Finally Finland thinks they have a more powerful language and pronunciation.

The Swedish pronunciation is feminine, they say, and well, there’s nothing we can do about that, except disagree and create a discussion.

We tried to see this from a totally different point of view and we did find a metro sexual theory.

To be metro sexual is accepted in Sweden and some celebrities has even maid it famous. This style is not a question about being gay or not, it’s just superficial. It’s a style you use when you pick your clothes in the morning and how well you take care of your body. Maybe you go to a solarium, colour your hair and use a moisturizer.

This is common in Sweden and it had been said that the Swedish men are better dressed then the Finnish men and this can cause a connection between a homosexual style, because we all think that a homosexual man is careful with his appearance. Maybe the Finnish don’t connect this behavior with the metro sexual style, and of course, if that’s the case, we have a misunderstanding and the stereotype comes up.

“Swedes don’t say much, they are silent”

This stereotype is from Holland and how this came up we also have some theories about.

First we have to say that the facts we took, is mostly about the Finnish people. How can we do this, you think? Well, according to Sixten Korkman, Finland and Sweden is difficult to se a difference between in an international approach. Well, here are the theories: the language, small-talk and the way of living (literally speaking).

We start out with the language, and both the Finnish and the Swedish language has different endings on the words instead of adding words. This can result in few words during a conversation. It’s also known in Finland that it’s not nice to talk if you don’t have anything important to say.

We have discussed this between us, the writers, and we don’t think it’s like this in Sweden. We often talk about the weather and things that’s not important and we most Swedish people would do what it takes just to avoid the embarrassing silence in a conversation. This results in unnecessary conversation, which the Finnish doesn’t seem to have, at least not in the same size as us.

Well, even in this stereotype we wanted to se it through a different point o view. Here it was through the narrow way of living in Holland. In Sweden we have approximately 23 persons living in an m2 while Holland has 395 persons. This cause that people in Holland goes to Sweden in vacation or even move to us.

They love the space and the nature. This in its turn causes the stereotype, because these people doesn’t move to the Swedish big cities, they move high up in the north of Sweden where the people is few and also the language. People in the north doesn’t talk as much as the others in the big cities. The north-people may have the nearest neighbor in a few Swedish miles (1 mile= 100km) so they don’t talk much.

“Sweden has rules about everything and Swedes do not question authority”


This is a stereotype from our close neighbors in Denmark. Even if you may think we are much alike, being so close geographically, that’s not really the case.


In Denmark the rules an legalizations concerning alcohol is a lot less strict than in Sweden. In Sweden you have to be 20 years old to buy liquor, for example, which is quite old compared to the age limit of 16 in Denmark (recently changed from 13). And even when you’re 20, in Sweden you have to go to special liquor stores, mostly not open at weekends and never at nights. The tax for any kind of alcohol also is a lot higher in Sweden.

As a result of this, a big part of the Swedish population travel to Denmark only to buy cheap beer, making the Danish picture of the Swedes a little weird. We are not all alcoholics on day-trips over seas.

Apart from the alcohol part, there are different regulations concerning a lot of things like drugs and prostitution, which is something that is a huge morally taboo in Sweden and makes us think that the Danish people have almost no rules at all, and of course also works the other way: they think we have rules about everything.

Apart from the rules and laws, we also differ from our neighbors mentally. In Sweden we are, as we have discussed earlier here on the CCR-Blog, kind of afraid of conflicts and no big fans of arguments. In Denmark, on the other hand, they have more of a questioning attitude, and kind of think that there may be laws, but they don’t necessarily need to be followed, there may be other ways.

“Swedes get bored from long-term relationships and change partners every 5 or 10 years”


This is a stereotype with its roots in Spain, where they for some reason think that Swedish people are incapable of committing to a longer, maybe lifetime, relationship. As we studied this stereotype, we found that there actually was some truth in it, since the divorce ratio in Sweden year 2002 was as high as 54% of al marriages, compared to the Spanish more reasonable 15%. That is a huge difference, so it’s not surprising that they might be shocked.


A reason for the difference in divorces might be religion. Sweden is a really secularized country, and it is not stigmatizing to be a divorcee at all. The marriage is not at all as “holy” as it probably is in more religiously oriented nations, like maybe Spain.
Since Spain is a catholic country, the Spanish have a different religious doxa than we have, and if you’re a catholic you see the marriage as something made by God and not possible for humans to overturn.

Another reason that might make the Spanish think of us as promiscuous and not able to stick to one (wo-)man could be the expanded vacationing in Spain that a lot of Swedish young people do.


Different parts of Spain is popular and cheap vacation spots where the young Swedes go in their 20s to party, tan, drink and be a little more “wild and crazy” than at home. The side of the Swedish personality the Spanish might see is maybe not really the normal one, which probably could be a reason for this a little exaggerated stereotype.


Svenskt smicker








Fredagsbild!





Sticker tidigt fran jobbet idag for att ga till frissan i Darling Harbour for klippning, fargning och keratinbehandling.

Hoppas jag kommer njuta lika mycket som den har lilla missen, som blev sommarklippt och fonad idag :)


Hihi


Var bara tvungen...

... att ga forbi huset idag efter att jag hort att SOLD lappen hade satts upp.
Pirrade lite i magen nar jag sag det, fattar fortfarande inte riktigt att det ar varat!
En liten glimt av hamnen och segelbatarna fran gatan (och sovrumsfonstret)
Gatan mittemot som har cafeer, bageri, take-away shop, bottleshop, gym etc.

Annu en full alg!

The elk in the picture is not the elk mentioned in the article

Drunken elk hides kids' swing set in a tree

Published: 15 Sep 11 08:36 CET

Fran The Local

An elk drunk from eating fermented apples in southern Sweden ended its binge by making off with a family's swing set and hiding it in the woods.
A homeowner from Storebro in northern Kalmar County arrived home on Wednesday night to find his garden littered with bits of apple and other signs that an elk had been partying in his back yard, the local Östran and Barometern newspapers reported.

The concerned homeowner also discovered that the children's swing set which normally sat in the yard was missing.

The man immediately called police, who contacted a local hunter to track down the inebriated elk who was thought to possibly be injured.

Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when fermenting apples are plentiful, both on the ground and hanging from the branches of trees which many Swedes have in their yards.

While police and the hunter failed to meet up with the prank-playing elk, they did eventually find the family's swing set, propped up in a tree deep in the woods about 500 metres from their home.



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