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There is a moth larva that is eating up all the flowers and the leaves of the bird-cherry trees in Stockholm. They cover the trunks in a greyish all-covering net that spreads out on the ground. They are everywhere, the larva, crawling on the ground, sending a shiver down my spine even though usually, I’mContinue reading “surreal pests”

On my way to my last tutoring session before summer, I happened to see something surprising in the back yard of a neighbor to the family I tutor for. The neighbors did not only have the obligatory trampoline and other toys spread around the garden, they also had a bunch of hens. Seriously, egg layingContinue reading “back yard hens and other bits and pieces”

It’s become a tradition of mine, writing things on this blog way after the fact. My intention, however, is that I’ll from now on will be up to date. On Friday, I leave for Edinburgh together with dad. I have bought a small laptop, beautifully blue-green. I will be dad’s assistant, he’s going to writeContinue reading “between the dead-line and the presentation”

As an easy day trip from Brussels lies Bruges, the old medieval trade town sometimes called the Venice of northern Europe. And I understand why, with all the canals. And hordes of tourists, EVERYWHERE!The draught horses have found a new calling in Bruges: to carry the tourists around town.  The central square was occupied with someContinue reading “tourist in Bruges”

If you’ve read this blog before, you will probably have noticed that I have a soft spot for street art. And, to my big surprise, there was no small amount of street art in Brussels. This city of bureaucrats, also seems to have a strong and very lively underground culture, young people who paint onContinue reading “rebellious Brussels”

Mr. P with the disappointingly small peeing boy statue, Manneken Pis.

On my way home from Liberia, in the middle of April, I stopped by Brussels to visit my friend Marita, who was interning at the EU this spring. It made for a nice weekend in this capital of the European Union – in a sense the first of spring, with tiny pink flowers in theContinue reading “city weekend in Brussels”

Finally, I’ve managed to write kind of what I wanted from the Liberia trip I went on with Hanna in the beginning of April. Now it’s already well into June and I’m preparing for my next trip. But, just as a conclusion to this, I want to write that Liberia really captured me. That thereContinue reading “a diamond in the rough”

The first morning in Monrovia, on mom’s balcony. Breakfast of papaya, pineapple, scrambled eggs and some humus – to the sound of the Atlantic crashing against the beach right on the other side of the wall. Pretty big change from the snow and ice we left behind in Stockholm. Hanna in Harper, trying out theContinue reading “moments in Liberia”

Mr. P with his two favorite drinks. Mr. P with some Liberian shopping. Mr. P doing some palm tree climbing in Harper. Mr. P with Hanna and Morris, exhausted during the tail end of our road trip.