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How does 007 do it?
Posted on August 29, 2008 by shane75
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Originally uploaded by ourmaninsweden
I look a right state in this getup, how come Roger Moore, Sean Connery et al all look so good in this sort of gear?
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Stockholm Archipelago Seals Safari
Posted on August 29, 2008 by shane75
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Originally uploaded by ourmaninsweden
This was at the start of the Seals Safari by High Powered Speedboat. The boat skips 80kms over the Baltic waters and through the beautiful Stockholm Archipelago. At the end of the journey we got to see some wild seals all basking on a rock. Fantastic!
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Chinese Supermarkets in Stockholm
Posted on August 28, 2008 by shane75
So as mentioned several times on this blog, we have an English Butchers in Stockholm, so I can get my Cumberland and Lincolnshire sausages. However Chinese food is very bland here in Stockholm, the Thai nosh is great but the Chineses’ are just tasteless. So I bought a book on Amazon, ‘Chinese Food Made Easy’ [...]
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Loch Nessqvist
Posted on August 28, 2008 by shane75
It seems that Scotland doesnt have the monopoly on mighty and mysterious sea creatures. A group of filmmakers claim to have successfully captured on film Sweden’s legendary Great Lake Sea Monster (Storsjöodjuret), which is said to lurk in the waters of the Storsjön outside Östersund in northern Sweden.
Interesting!
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Nigel Slaters Real Food – Real Steak Sandwich!
Posted on August 25, 2008 by shane75
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I bought Nigel Slaters Real Food in Stockholm last week. I have never seen his tv work but I like his writing and this book which is not full of the fancy stuff you see in some other celebrity chefs book. This is good old fashioned comfort food. This was the Steak [...]
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Iceland photos
Posted on August 25, 2008 by shane75
Iceland
Originally uploaded by ourmaninsweden
I cant remember if I added my photos to the blog so here they are. All taken in a very wet and windy Iceland. You can see the geysers right behind me.
Waterfalls (Gulfoss) and Geysirs
Around Reykjavik
A few more around Reykjavik. Look out for the Whale Menu!
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Reykjavik
Posted on August 25, 2008 by shane75
Reykjavik
Originally uploaded by ourmaninsweden
This is a test, lovely picture looking at Mount Esja in Iceland.
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More tea vicar?
Posted on August 24, 2008 by shane75
In an earlier post I mentioned missing overbrewed English tea from a tea urn.
Well the next best thing is one of these teapots which I bought from Duka
Yes the more alert of you will notice that its green tea which I try and take a few cups of during the day. Stockholm has a lot [...]
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