I’ve sorted out the photos from all vacations in the last months.
First I went with Frida to her parents place on the countryside. We were there for over two weeks and also visited a friend at Gotland, a small island in front of the Swedish coast. Relaxing, reflecting, finally seeing this beautiful Swedish lake with [...]

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Today I met Masa, the Japanese guy (which I met earlier in the night train from Sweden) at the station to go into the city together. We did a more touristic route than I did yesterday I think, but nonetheless, very nice.
He wanted to see the museum für film und fernseher (movie and television). The [...]

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The thought had gone to my unconscious. The travel I made gave me so much. Inspiration. Knowledge. Friends. Love. Life was (oh, and still is) so beautiful. I saw it, this beautiful life. I felt it. I know it now.
And then I saw this, here in Berlin. Wikitravel calls this neighborhood one with students, artists [...]

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This post will be in Dutch, look at the bottom for an English translation of the introduction. Swedes can read parts of the Dutch text also.
Gisteren is het Nederlandse woordenboek binnengekomen, voor Zweden wel te verstaan; Nederländska fickordbok. Zodat Frida de Nederlandse grammatica achterin in het Zweeds kan leren, wel zo makkelijk.
En achterin hebben ze [...]

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Official now, or at least, Frida can receive mail here :)
It is becoming a real ‘house’ now. Now practically every box is unpacked, things have their place. And the reward for that is definitely there, a nice place to be :) Even the guinea pigs start to feal at home.
But also the dishes (after eating [...]

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There was a concert last Sunday were I went with Frida. It was from 6 girls, Google Translate said they called themselves Firefox and Waster (Eldflugor och Odågor), singing songs, mostly a cappella, some with addition of drums.
Most of the songs were in Swedish so I didn’t understand the words, but I could understand the [...]

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At the same lecture we also talked a bit on non-verbal language.
At the end of the lecture I invited everyone to take one of the tomato pies I had been making. I told it was common in my culture to bring some snacks with when you’re celebrating your birthday (my actual birthday is tomorrow). So [...]

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Ha, finally I found some vegetarian products. A large supermarket, even pretty close to my apartment, has a good range of vegetarian products, even vegetarian spread, so I don’t have to eat cream cheese every day :)
Added to the great feeling after decorating my apartment, came a good day for diner too! So, here is [...]

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Today I had my first self-made meal in my own apartment! That tastes great, although it wasn’t that good :)
But, they don’t have vegetarian products here :(
Even the expensive supermarket – comparable with Albert Heijn in size, service, looks, prices – only has óne vegetarian burger. Further, bio shops (or how do you call a [...]

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I’ve done most of the packing this evening. Most of the clothes and some stuff to make a temporary bed there is in the suitcase now.
Sidestep; yes, a temporary bed. The apartment I rent is without any furniture. So the plan is to buy all new stuff in the first week and sell it again [...]

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