During the winter and spring, I often long for summer. In the summer and fall, I long for wintry landscapes and downhill skiing — especially when watching the video below of Sverre Liliequist, a Swedish extreme skier. Something I repeatedly work on: avoid longing to other seasons, places, cities and countries; trust that where I am [...]
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I Miss Driving
Cadillac CTS, Aston Martin DB9, BMW M6, Jaguar XKR, Ferrari F430… I have a thing for cars. My first time driving alone (although not one of the aforementioned models) I will never forget. Such a freeing feeling. I also remember those times as a kid, around age six or seven, when dad let me sit [...]
Things Don’t Always Turn Out As We Think They Will
As we all know, things don’t always turn out as we plan or think they will. As I wrote in a quick update, I lived with my grandmother in Halmstad from July 1st. After 20+ days of free accommodation (including two weeks in her summer cottage near the sea in Frösakull), I moved into a [...]
Pizza in Tylösand, Mr & Mrs Smith’s Hotel Guide & A New Apartment
After about two weeks in my grandmother’s summer cottage, a few minutes walk to the sea in Frösakull, I returned to her place in Halmstad. We spent part of Sunday together and lunched at a Greek/Italian restaurant in Tylösand — mostly because I wanted to relive fond childhood memories of super-tasty food in a cozy setting [...]
A Quick Update
I had somewhat of a setback a couple of days ago and am currently living at my grandmother’s place (pictured below) to save money. I arrived in Halmstad on July 1st after a 4-hour bus journey and two nights in Linköping. Before that I lived in my old room at my parent’s house for some [...]
Sleeping in Airports: Heaven or Hell?
A few years ago I sat in the lounge area in London Heathrow Airport and waited for my return flight to Sweden. After too little sleep the previous night and a nine hour’s flight from New York I wanted to rest for a few minutes. Those minutes almost turned into an hour. I woke up 45 [...]
Subconscious Travels
So far, I have experienced some pretty scary things. I’ve been nearly attacked by a poisonous snake in the jungle, shot (in my leg; three times), bitten by a shark (in my back, luckily managed to kick/scare him away), and stabbed (in my stomach; almost fainted). I have jumped from a bridge into a crocodile-infested [...]
One Lovely Blog Award
Two days ago I got a pleasant surprise when Anya of the lovely On & On gave me a blog award. Thanks again, Anya! The rules for this award are: 1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her [...]
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To Comment or Not To Comment
by Erica Johansson on 02. Oct, 2009 in Thoughts
On my mind lately: when I neglect commenting on other travel blogs, I see a decrease in comments here on Travel Blissful. When I comment regularly on other bloggers’ content, my own blog posts receive considerably more responses. Would I recommend commenting on other blogs as much as possible? Of course. The blogging world is [...]