The Cherry Blossom Day (sakura matsuri) which is celebrated in Kungsträdgården (the Royal Garden), has long been a sign of that spring has come to Stockholm. The event is organized by the City of Stockholm in cooperation with the Japanese…
Last year, the cherry blossoms bloomed in Kungsträdgården (the Royal Garden) in Stockholm at the end of March. Can it happen again this year? Each year when the cherry blossoms begin to bloom in Kungsträdgården, people flock there to take…
To Les Arcs you primarily go for skiing. The ski area is very snow-safe, because you ski at high altitude. Les Arcs has a 7 kilometre long piste, Aguille Rouge, with the single highest drop among the slopes in Europe,…
This year’s ski and photo journey with the theme of snow, the Alps and skiing did go to Les Arcs in France. The ski resort is about 3 hours by car/bus from the airports in Grenoble, Geneva and Turin. Les…
Sal is a relatively small island where there is not too much to discover. If you do not wind surfing or kite surfing, then you have things to do as it is always blowing somewhere on the island. When I…
Cape Verde is a jewel as when I was there (2011) not really had become too touristy. The water was wonderfully clear and beautiful, the beaches clean, the pace a bit slow and the food very good. The city Santa…
The week in Val Thorens offered everything from snowstorms, fog, biting wind to quite amazing beautiful clear days with bright sunshine. This picture was taken at the top of the Cime de Caron, the second highest ski slope in the…
My first trip with UCPA went to Val Thorens in France. Travelling with UCPA was for me a whole new experience, a positive one. The whole concept of travel, accommodation, meals, ski hire and lift passes and ski instructor feels…
A freezing cold winter day in January 2013 I took a day trip with a ferry (Stockholm-Mariehamn-Stockholm). I have never experienced anything like this. It was so cold outside so it steamed from the ice and the ferry drove out…
During the winter months very few visitors visit the Stockholm archipelago. If you have the opportunity to get out among the islands on a cold day when the weather is nice you not only get to enjoy the privacy but…
