Crying At The Discoteque
After years of listening to Swedish pop via record, CD, downloads and, more recently Youtube, I have now listened, watched, experienced, and danced to it, in its natural environment.
Sverige
For most of my life, I’ve been fascinated by Sweden. It started with ABBA, of course. Then I discovered their approach to how society should operate matches with my mine. Then I visited and discovered the beauty of the place, and the awesome people. Music, literature, film.
Eskilstuna Day Trip
So anyway, I hit the town last night in expectation of a big night in Stockholm. It had been a warm day, the homos had arrived for Europride, it was … Read the rest “Eskilstuna Day Trip”
Stockholm Archipelago
“It’s a gay day here in Stockholm”, we were told by the nice bloke on the tour-boat this afternoon. Even though the boat was mostly full of Swedish mums, dads … Read the rest “Stockholm Archipelago”
Summer Evening
You know the noisy Aussie bloke in the hostel? I ran into him outside the hostel at about one o’clock this morning. I’m not sure how long he had been … Read the rest “Summer Evening”
Summer Heatwave hits Stockholm
Summer has well and truly arrived in Stockholm. I don’t exactly know what the temperature was today (maybe late twentes), but today’s paper “warned” there were a further eight warm … Read the rest “Summer Heatwave hits Stockholm”
Saved The Day
When I got back to the hostel tonight at about 7.30, I thought for a while I might have wasted the day. I spent the day at the media conference … Read the rest “Saved The Day”