Author Archives: gary

I used to think Swedish was hard and English was easy. Now I’m not so sure… Swedish: Tre häxor tittar på tre Swatch-klockor. Vilken häxa tittar på vilken Swatch-klocka? English: Three witches watch three Swatch watches. Which witch watch which … Continue reading →

In the third and final installment of our thrilling series on my trip to Norway, we find out what we did on the Saturday. Did we survive, or am I writing this from beyond the grave? Read on to find … Continue reading →

On Sunday we were at an open day in Ulriksdal park, which is just 10 mins walk from our flat. I found out many interesting things which I will keep up my sleeve and share when the opportunity presents itself … Continue reading →

Now I’m getting around to posting some of the pictures from day of our trip to Stavanger in Norway (from the second week in August). We took a lot of pictures… The weather was great, blue skys and we went … Continue reading →

It seems there is a fine line between happiness and sadness. In fact accoring to this piece of “research”, the fine line is the width of a council boundary. This survey aimed to find the happiest place in Britain and … Continue reading →

On Sunday we were in Djurgården watching the last of Parkteatern, free outdoor theater which has been playing in various parks throughout the summer. After we came home, it was time to try out Maria’s sushi set that she got … Continue reading →

I was searching for some php scripts for a little web project I am putting together when I saw a hangman game on a site. I gave it a go and I have to say the word was a little … Continue reading →

I met a Chinese friend today and the talk got round to the Beijing Olympics and the fact that Michael Phelps had won 8 golds for the US in various swimming disciplines. Kaiyu told me that people in China are … Continue reading →

Carrying on the Norwegian theme, did anyone see this story about the Norwegian king knighting a penguin at Edinburgh zoo on Friday? Class video… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7563844.stm

Another busy weekend. On Thursday morning (very early) me, Maria, Henrik and Celeste took a trip to Arlanda and the flight to Stavanger in Norway. We got there about lunch time and it was raining heavily. We were only there … Continue reading →