My travels, pictures and stories

Monday, August 27, 2012

More lazy days in Sweden

It was a great summer. As I got a job down in Barcelona, Spain that was due in end of August, I spent most of it just relaxing, wrapping up some stuff that needed to get done back in Sweden and fixed a bit for the trip.

I spent several days on the beach. We had some good wind this summer! Here’s John trying to find his way out and Tobias helping out..

I helped my dad and the dog building a sort of greenhouse in the garden.

Assisted the christening of Henoks son Ben Hur. Man, what a party!!!

Went down to Falsterbo a couple of times

Did something I haven’t done in 15 years, watched a movie with Lasse back at my parents place :)

Ditched Tobias with his kite gear at Habo as he didn’t fit in the car… OK OK, we owe you one!!

Made some Paella for the family

Sold my car… snif!!

Went to Copenhagen

Went kite surfing in Habo. A lot…

Had some nice after-kite sessions

Took my dad to Borås and Varberg to see the family

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Barcelona and Ibiza

After spending 4 weeks of networking and meeting up with my friends living in Spain, Marcus, Martin, Angela and Joanna came down to have some real vacation :-) I know the vacation was justified for them, but for me, vacation from what? I still haven’t come up with a good excuse.

I rented a little apartment in Barcelona so we could all be together, and it ended up to be a really really great time with a lot of good food, beach and (ehmm) an occasional night out.

Breakfast at the balcony, Marcus is happy! :-)

Tapas with Martin and Angela

The favourite dish. I can’t count how many shimps we downed during those days. Gambas al ajillo was definitely a top one.

I still remember this one.. Martin?

A night out.

Another one…

Martin went nuts…

The 3 boys :-)

I’m amazed Martin didn’t hurt his back doing this one… haha!

Did some sight seeing

We went up to Tibidabo

Had some coffee

Ate some more…

And more.. :-)

From Barcelona we flew over to Ibiza to spend a week on the island in the sun. We had an excellent time! :-)

I love the music. Still regret I stopped making it, I need to get back to that.

It can get really warm at night. Luckily Martin was smart enough to not get de-hydrated.

Party in Eden

Oh, look, it’s gold!

Sunset @ café del mar.. Probably the most overrated place on the whole island!

We rented a car and drove around the island and found this beach

Some relaxing at a really nice reggae bar

Angela and Martin chilling out.

And we found some decent waves on the way back!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

A trip to Spain to get connected

Ever since I left Spain in 2003 I had the aspiration of coming back. After some serious thought during my trip in south east asia I decided to give it an honest shot, so I booked a trip to spend a month in Spain to get connected and of course, also meet up with old and new friends.

First stop – Palma de Mallorca. I met Roberto in the Philippines while practicing my backrolls. My first time in Mallorca, and I really enjoyed it!

Second stop – Valencia. Yes! Café con leche y croissaint. The breakfast of champions!
We visited some kind of food and wine event. In the end more wine than food…

A lot of protests going on against the way the government handled the economy.

Dinner at 12, Spanish style :-) We managed to get the food just before the kitchen closed.

Breakfast after a night out.

Alberto prepared a Paella

Some friends from the University and the first time in a looong while I met up with Roberto!

And off to Madrid…

I met up with the Madrileños Ruben, David and Fernando that I met on the Phillipines

Crazy guys… NEVER a dull moment with them around!

The day after I met up with my old Uni buddy Antonio.

And took the train down to Barcelona..

By this time I had a pretty full booked calendar. Incredible, I managed to arrange on average 2-3 meetings per day and through referrals of all the nice people I got to know I ended up with a really great network.