"Come on, live a little!" Maline's Profile

My best travel pages
Japan - My second country. Lots of cultural information on this page. Learn about tea-ceremony, table-manners, bowing and much more. Also information on the different parts of Japan I have visited.

Sweden - My country. My place of expertise. Learn about public communications, shopping, alcohol restrictions, public access rights, as well as places to visit. Don't hesitate to ask if you need help planning your trip to Sweden.

Stockholm - Sweden's capital. A city built on islands. Read about what monuments and parts of the city I would recommend you to visit, where to get great panoramic views, shopping and much more. Again, if you need help planning your visit to Stockholm, just ask.

Uppsala - Historic town 40 minutes from Stockholm by train. University dominated. Read about rune stones, history, monuments, cafés and more. Also, information for you if you are coming to Uppsala as an exchange student/researcher.

India - I don't claim to be an expert on this vibrant and colorful country, just a happy visitor! The page has many great photos I got when travelling through the country, from places including Darjeeling and Varanasi. Also, some tourist scam warnings.

Bangladesh - A country well off the beaten path for many travellers. I got to visit for about 10 days, and traveled around a bit. Photos from our jungle cruise in the Bengal national park Sundarbarns, as well as urban sights.

Lesvos - Greek island close to the Turkish mainland. Photos and tips from our vacation there. Read about the petrified forest, the wild turtles and the pebbles and ouzo of Plomari.


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About me:
* Born in Sweden. Have lived at several locations over the country. Also lived for some time in Japan, France and Iceland.
* Very interested in languages. Have studied English, French, Japanese, German, Icelandic, Latin, Spanish and Croatian.
* Read all the time.
* Have a camera with me everywhere.
* Left-handed.
* Journalist.
* Had to give my cat away due to allergies.
* Hate cold weather.
* Love gardening.
* Do all my travelling for fun not for business.
* Have one sister.
* Studied at university for 6 years. Major in geography.
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Tibetan Self Help Centre

About Sweden:

* Usually Sweden is not a very cold country, only in the northern parts. In the south, there isnt even always snow in winter. This is thanks to the Gulf stream in the Atlantic ocean.
* Swedish people generally speak English fluently.
* You can drink the tap water anywhere.
* A huge favourite of the Swedes is "snus", kind of like snuff tobacco, you put it under your upper lip.
* Sweden has around 9 million inhabitants, and is the 4th largest country in Europe, in area size.
* Sweden and Switzerland is not the same country, hence
* Sweden is NOT famous for its watches, chocolate or cheese.
* Sweden IS famous for glass and crystal works. And social welfare.
* Most people in Sweden are NOT blonds.
* A popular souvenir is the road sign with moose-warning. Every year a huge number is stolen from Swedish roads.
* Every year in february Swedish people run to the bookstores for the nationwide "booksale". This starts the same day all over rthe country, usually at midnight.
* Sweden has been run by the social democratic party for the better part of 60 years.
* Sweden is a monarchy, and has a king.
* Roughly every 7th person in Sweden is what in the statistics is known as an "immigrant", either immigrated or with at least one parent immigrated. It is a multicultural society.
* Sweden is the country with the highest daily newspaper reading frequency in the world.
* Many Swedes drink milk to their meals, even when grown up. Mellanmjölk (middle-milk, means somewhat fat reduced) is very popular, in accordance with the term "lagom".
* Which is a untranslatable (we are always told and keep telling ourselves) Swedish word meaning "just the right amount" of anything from fat in milk to temperature or height.

Hellnar - Snaefellsnes

1980 & 1984 Denmark
1986 England, Wales (Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, France)
1988 France
1990 Czekoslovakia, USA, Canada (Niagara falls only)
1991 Hungary, France
1992 Japan*
1993 Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria
1994 Hungary, Greece, Italy
1995 France*
1996 back to France again
1997 back to France again (!), Egypt
1998 Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria
1999 Iceland*, England
2000 France, Hungary
2001 Bangladesh, India
2002 Finland, Greece
2003 - - -
2004 Finland, Japan, France
2005 Spain
(*longer stay, more than 6 months)

Here is a cow having lunch in old Delhi.

Below there are two travelogues with national anthems from all over the world that great VT:ers have mailed to me. The first travelogue is all full, the second is hopefully filling up soon too.

Bodhgaya in India.

N.B.
I have had my photos digitally watermarked to prevent stealing or ”borrowing”.
I am NOT intersted in making friends with unknown men. You know who you are. Don’t write.*