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YouTube This film from 2006 turned up on Facebook today.  It's a timely reminder that I'm feeling quite homesick. Sweden is very ti...

I'm staying on the Bjare peninsula in South-West Sweden and  write a blog devoted to a peninsula beginning with B in S.W. Turkey. Initia...

I've been a tourist in Sweden for the past couple of days. Travelling around with a guidebook in one hand and a map in the other. This i...

I've been observing teenage boys playing computer games while I've been away and their aim seems to be to survive in one piece while...

I've been in Sweden for the past two weeks getting to grips with the many ways to preserve a raw fish. I should have winged my way back ...

When the temperatures reach the mid 30s, a visit to an archaeological site is the last thing on my mind, and I'm very grateful that ...

Posting about tractor rental reminded me of my own foray into the car-hire world. In 1984, I got married and decided a life on the ocean ...

As an admirer of entrepreneurial activity, my eye was caught by a new venture at the entrance to our village.  A spanking new tractor w...

This title was just too good to ignore. My old friend, Angie Mitchell Sunkur published a very good cookery book 8 years ago; "Secre...

If you have travelled out of town anywhere in South West Turkey you will have driven past this bush.  It's spike-like blooms can be...