Week away in France
One of my favourite places on earth is the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France. Good enough wines, the Mediterranean, awsome weather and rustic food. My parents bought their first summer apartment in…
Adelsön walk-about
Adelsö Hiking Trail is an approximately 12-14 kilometer long trail which runs in a loop around the northern Adelsön in the municipality of Ekerö. Today I got to hike it with my good friend Lotta…
Lovön walk-about
Lovö is an island and a nature reserve very close to Stockholm and today I went for a walkabout with my good friend Lena. We decided to follow the 18 km long antiquity trail that…
Ralph Erskine
Today I finally got to see Ralph Erskines “Lådan” - a two-room house built in 1942. The first Erskine building I ever saw was Hotell Borgafjäll and although I was very young at time it…
Random beautiful people from Nepal
It's impossible not to be fascinated by the people, much the same way they were curious about us. I think it is fair to say we got our picture take just as much as we…
4 hours in Kathmandu
Maybe a little longer, but effectivly only 4 hours. It was enough for this time. I met a customer from the shop at a temple around the Boudhanath stupa - thankfully she was happy with the…
Pathibhara Devi with a Kangchenjunga view
This part was the deal for me. A trek on the outskirts of Kanchenjunga Conservation area, to the tempel Pathibhara Devi on 3800 masl. We started at Suketar, walked to roads to Kaplepathi and from…
Sakhejung tea
Photo: Lotta Martinez Eriksson Todays visit to the local industry in Ilam district was to Sakhejung Tea Graden. The company is run by a family who owns a lot of land but, as I understand…
Illam Bazaar
We spent two nights at the Summit Hotel in Ilam Bazar and enjoyed at least lukewarm water :-) The hotel was nice enough and I got some of my clothes washed. Here in Ilam we…
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Today we arrived at Koshi Tappu Bird Watching Camp. Now, I'm not too interested in birds. Don't get me wrong, they are pretty and everything but they are just so hard to see! The wild…
The town of Panauti
Today we visited the town of Panauti, a town built on a huge rock and thus not affected by the earthquake of 2015. Also, since built on a rock, the inhabitants are forbidden to use…
Namo Buddha Monastery, Dhulikhel
Today is my first day in Nepal travelling with 12 fellow Swedes and 2 guides; Jenny and BJ from Beyondborders Nepal. I’ve been longing for this trip for so long know it feels amazing to…
Homemade icecream
Homemade ice cream has never been easier - a jar of dulce de leche, double cream and perhaps a seasoning and it's all done! I myself love croquant- on ice cream, on top of muffins,…
Focaccia with gorgonzola
Focaccia is such a handy dinner bread - you can spice it up with whatever suits your dinner! If you only have a good basic recipe for the dough, you can concentrate on the really…
Apple cake with chocolate
An apple cake with chopped chocolate in the batter, lots of ground hazelnuts for a really nutty taste and even more chocolate drizzled over - could it be better ?! This is a cake so…
Bread with root veggies
Adding root vegetables to your bread gives it a healthier touch and makes it incredible moist. In this bread I mixed beetroot and carrots and topped it off with pumpkin-, sesame- and hemp seeds. Sooo…
Breakfast bread with zucchini
Be sure to bake this airy, light and super yummy bread when summer squash is both cheap and at its best! It's a simple and straightforward bread to bake and contains no weird ingredients. I…
Muffins with apples
The apple and caramel work so well together! These super tasty apple muffins have raw apples in the batter, apple sauce in the middle (which you should do yourself but I have not yet done…
Madleinsee
The pastures were beautiful on the way up and filled with calm cows and aggressive goats… Looking in another directions there was nothing but black sand and stone – almost like Teneriffa, or Iceland I…
Berglisee in Paznaun
Berglisee - could it be any more beautiful on my first day hiking in Paznauntal?! The hike took just about an hour and was fairly easy even for office-legs like mine. The trail went through…
Sound of music?
Finally - after a year of really hard work I have landed in the Austrian Alps. To be more specific: Ischgl in the Paznauntal in Tyrol. The Paznaun Valley is surrounded by the mountain ranges…
Lemon sponge in mini loaf pans
I’m so fond of my cute and tiny mini loaf tins – what comes out is a perfectly sized cake for a Swedish afternoon “fika” (or coffeebreak as the rest of the world calls it!)!…
Christmas in New York
For christmas this year I decided to skip Sweden with my son and enjoy a week in New York. I've been there enough times so I let Mac decide what he wanted to do so…