July 2012

Capture the Color Contest – Colors of Nature

July 31, 2012 12 comments
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The Capture the Color Contest is organized by Travel Supermarket and requires each blogger to choose 5 photos representing each color. The winner of each color category will win an iPad, and the overall winner will take home 2,000 GBP. Photographs have the ability not only to evoke lost memories but also to lit up [...]

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Picture This: The Olympic Torch

July 26, 2012 3 comments
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I have a confession to make: I haven’t been very excited about the Olympics taking place in London. For me, the Games meant lots of traffic traffic, unpredictable tourists, a packed and sweaty underground, noise and even longer commuting… for a whole month. I’m a person of wide open spaces, clean air and walking distances, [...]

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I Am Changing – And So Is 100 Miles Highway

July 18, 2012 8 comments
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A while back I proclaimed 2012 the year of first times, but it’s much more than that – it’s the year to stop listening to the chatter in my head and start following my heart. A new Me It all started with a conversation I had with a close friend – A chat that went [...]

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My First Video Clip: Waddling Penguins in Chile

July 14, 2012 8 comments
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Today has been a tough day, but I’ve learned a lesson: Never expect too much from me before 9am – I’m simply not a morning person, and if faced with important tasks at unbearable hours, chances are, I will get it all wrong. I’m pretty sure I’ve been sleep walking in the airport this morning. [...]

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Hiking In Ingmarsö (Sweden)

July 9, 2012 5 comments
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There are many ways in which travel can go wrong. You may realize you’ve left your passport at home only when arriving at the airport. The accommodation you’ve booked is nothing similar to what you had expected. You got food poisoned the day before an 8 hour car ride across sunny Mexico. Maybe you were [...]

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July Dare: Become A Better Blogger

July 5, 2012 5 comments
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I haven’t been the best blogger lately. I’ve been posting as little as one blog a week and haven’t kept up with my schedule at all. In fact, I’ve been ignoring it for the last few weeks and now I’m facing 5 great post ideas I had that are no longer relevant. I mean, writing [...]

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Picture This: Stockholm At Dusk

July 1, 2012 6 comments
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Does it ever get dark in this city? – I wondered while I looking over the city from the Gondolen Restaurant in Södermalm. This time of the year, the night usually starts to fall at 10pm and the days begin again at 3am – my friend answered. Isn’t it fantastic, to have 19 hours a [...]

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