Monthly Archives: September 2007

The best thing about Maria’s vegeterian tendancies is that we get to go an eat at Hermans, the vegitarian restaurant in Södermalm. Even better than the food is sitting out on the terrace watching the autumn sun going down across … Continue reading →

Owning your own coconut is a dream for many people, but with today’s low cost transportation and strong competition in the food retail sector, that dream can come true. Be warned however, purchasing your coconut is only the first step. … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading a couple of books recently, both of which are actually children’s books (I have a childlike mind…). The first one is the nightmare inducing Harry Potter VII: Die Harder. There is no way this is actually a … Continue reading →

Reflecting on the football last night where I think it would be safe to say Scotland got a remarkable victory. The best ever in our history? I don’t know, I guess that will depend if we go on and qualify … Continue reading →

Unbelievable. Just finished watching the game on sopcast live on the Internet. I’m almost sitting here greetin. No words can describe how good that was. 3 games to go, top of the group of death and with finally a team … Continue reading →

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***If you’re not Scottish, best to skip this entry There is a more understandable one about crayfish a couple of posts down…*** Reminiscing this time about events which happened 10 years ago today. September 11 is also remembered in Scotland … Continue reading →

After my last post on my fitness preparations for Lindingö Loppet, I got the distinct impression that “friends” and family were extracting the urine over my 3.6Km training distance. So today I decided to really go for it, to hit … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we went to one of my favourite Swedish traditions, the Kräftskiva (crayfish party). This involves lots of crayfish, bread, cheese and, of course, snaps as well as songs and coloured paper lanterns etc. Normally this would be held outside, … Continue reading →

10 years ago today, I started my first ever full time job! It was as a Trainee Professional Engineer (though some might say that I became a Professional, Trainee Engineer!). It was for a company that was called GEC Marconi … Continue reading →