After a long period of hibernation I’m back with some nice, recent pictures. I went for a hike today with two friends an 60 other people We had good fun, and ended the afternoon with a lot of food. Mosta to Mgarr along the Victoria lines, a 19th and early 20th century line of defense built by the british to defend the lower two-thirds of the island from any attacks from the northern part. I didn’t take many pictures, but I’ll post the one or two decent ones I took.
It really looked like rain when we started, in fact it had been raining heavily just before we got there. Luckily it didn’t rain on us. The walk was great, and so was meeting many interesting people, and hanging out with my friends.
Valley of Madonna tal-Isperanza (Madonna of Hope) in Mosta, Malta
Mgarr in the background. We're somewhere along the Victoria Lines bridge
Having friends to share my days with has really helped me cope with being stuck in Malta.
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- January 22, 2012 – 9:26 pm
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It’s been a year and two months since I last posted. During that time I went to Sicily for two fantastic months and then went down to Malta to make some money (we ran into financial problems early on during our stay in Sicily). I still am in Malta. I haven’t taken a lot of photographs, i certainly haven’t felt inspired by this tiny piece of rock very often. I’m very sad to be stuck here in Malta, but my friends and family have made it so very much more bearable! I’ve put up a handful of pictures from my stay in Sicily in November – December 2010. As I said, I really haven’t taken any pictures in 2011. I’m hoping 2012 will change that!
A beach in Sicily
Good morning Mr.Rooster!
My girlfriend with a lovely Sicilian landscape behind her
An almond tree on our land in Sicily
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- January 16, 2012 – 12:18 am
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Six months after my last visit to Malta I landed again at the Malta International Airport, a small building sided by a large runway. I met two new family members – a white puppy named Poppy and the Fiat Panda which would accompany us to Sicily.
My brother and Poppy!
Here's Poppy!
And here's my Grandfather - 86 and still going strong!
Another hectic week of running errands and repacking our stuff meant, unfortunately that we had little time to meet our friends! Well, at least Sicily is just 90 minutes by ferry away from Malta, and no more than about 80 Euros per person. Right now we’re quite broke though, so even that is too much. We’ll see how our ventures in Sicily go!
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- November 17, 2010 – 8:20 pm
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After one and a half years of living in the beautiful land of Sweden, the time came for me to leave and head for new lands. Five weeks in Jordan excavating at Tell Abu Al-Kharaz, an ancient archaeological site in the Jordan Valley, my girlfriend and I went back to Sweden for a week, packed our bags, and and spent the rest of our time visiting my girlfriend’s (Amanda) grandma, of 92 years of age.
Grandmother's house in the countryside of Sweden.
The view is quite nice!
And here's the little tomte that guards the house. Actually, that's Amanda.
After visiting grandma for a couple of days and spending cosy nights by the fire in the cottage next door, while temperatures dropped sub-zero outside, we left again for Gothenburg to finalize our packing and take the next step… to Malta.
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- November 17, 2010 – 7:35 pm
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Midsummer's eve in Tranås
Jump jump!
Tagged: Midsummer, Tranås
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- June 26, 2010 – 8:17 pm
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- January 28, 2010 – 11:25 pm
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Pussycat at sunrise, Madstugan, Sweden
An old cat lives in the Red Cottage by a lake close to Torpa, Sweden. The cottage is known to be from the 1600’s, today an old, wooden, typically red on the outside structure. Inside it is small and cosy, with a lovely wood stove and warm upstairs bedrooms like this one. I try to be there as frequently as possible, though with 3.5-4 hrs train from Gothenburg it isn’t easy at all.
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- November 9, 2009 – 11:47 pm
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I was dumb enough not to check who the statue represents! Anybody knows?
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- November 1, 2009 – 10:57 pm
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A couple of days ago my friend and I went for a short walk to buy some eggs from the farm close by…
It was a cold autumn afternoon as we set out down the path from the red cottage.
Down the road from home
At last we came out from the little road to find ourselves on a sort of main road.
Walking down the main road
Walking and walking down the big road we finally reached a smaller dirt road to the left, which curved inward as we walked along, until finally the farm building we were heading for popped up behind a small hill.
The farmhouse appears
At last we were there. A little further and the whole thing came into view. We walked into the little blue door sitting squatted next to a big black barn door, and found ourselves in a little room (which I didn’t photograph). We got our eggs, put the money into a little, red, metal money-box, and got out again. The smell of chickens was a little overwhelming.
On our way back we looked to our right, and saw a right little ghost house. Reminded me of Stephen King’s novel where the Marsten house lies on the hill overlooking ‘Salem’s lot.
Spooky house? Not really.
It’s actually quite a nice looking house, and not really that imposing (maybe with an added first floor it would). Perhaps it is its lonely setting and those big eyes looking down from the barren hill that give it a rather creepy look.
On the way home
We turned back into the main road, down the path, and finally… back to the red cottage.
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- November 1, 2009 – 10:26 pm
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Dry leaves in Autumn. Torpa, Tranås, Sweden
I’ve come up to a little house in the country with my girlfriend’s parents. It’s a really nice place in the middle of the countryside 30 minutes from Tranås. Autumn has set in, and it feels like we’re now closer to Winter, as the memory of Summer fades from our minds and from the very landscape around us. The air is cold, a the land lies in a sort of drowsy half-sleep, covered in a sheet of reds, oranges, browns and greens. Everything seems to be preparing for the winter ahead.
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- October 30, 2009 – 2:21 pm
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- October 29, 2009 – 12:54 am
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