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Feb-2020
It’s been a little over a year and slowly, slowly I am getting used to how things go. On the island where we live you would normally not experience the slow life of the winter time as you would only stay for summer. Well that’s what we used to do too. Four years I spent […]
Mar-2019
The Poseidon Cave in the valley of Pigadia. One of Karpathos island’s natural sites is the cave of Poseidon. It was used either as a rock-cut tomb or a sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon or Aphrodite. For those who do not know Aphrodite, she is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. You can visit this […]
Feb-2019
From Karpathos to Athens by Ferry Most tourists will come to Karpathos by plane. SkyExpress and Olympic Air are two examples you can fly with. When the airlines are fully booked and when you simply don’t like the time schedule, you might be interested in going by boat. By ferry that really is. Travels by […]
Aug-2018
Camping on the West Coast of Sweden. A car drive of at least 7 hours from Kalmar to Lysekil brings us to the West coast of Sweden. The Siviks camping is going to be our home-away-from-home for the next four days. Placing the caravan and putting up the tent is the first item on our […]
Jul-2018
Viking rock carvings on Sweden’s West Coast. Are you visiting the West Coast of Sweden? You can’t miss out on seeing the Viking rock carvings in Tanum! [wp_geo_map] The West Coast On the West Coast of Sweden you can find rock carvings from the Vikings. The area of Tanum is covered in granite rocks where […]
Jul-2018
A visit to Karlskrona In Karlskrona the Swedish summer is all it needs to be. Flowers everywhere, the grass is green, people are eating ice cream outside, a barbecue on the beach of a little island, enjoying a drink or two on the terrace and lots of locals taking their boat for a trip. Hop […]
The endangered Mediterranean monk seal When you think of seals, where do your thoughts go to? To the Californian coast where the wild sea lions live on the docks? Perhaps you picture the seals playing with a ball in a seal sanctuary, but have you ever heard of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)? You […]
Oct-2017
A guided tour in Kalmar Castle ‘Are you here for the English tour?’ A young man asked us as he shook our hands and then led us to the first royal room of the Castle. It was a place I had wanted to learn about for the last two years. During my previous visits to […]