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Travel Shopping: Lapp Shoes

January 7th, 2012 at 9:00 pm » Comments (2)

When out sightseeing, we found those Lapp shoes in a store in a small town just about 70 km from the Swedish capital Stockholm. The Sami people from Lappland (northern Sweden) did wear those traditional shoes, therefor the name.

Living up in the north of Sweden with cold winters, those Lapp shoes made of the skin [...]

Travel Photo: Welcome Aboard Lifebuoy Pile

December 30th, 2011 at 6:00 pm » Comments (0)

Another Swedish boat art objects I found in a shop in Waxholm, when we were out on a roadtrip recently, is this pile of lifebuoy’s with the text Welcome Aboard.

It’s a pity we don’t have any room for them at home, otherwise we would have bought one. It would have been fun to decorate our [...]

Travel Shopping: No boring clothes!

December 28th, 2011 at 6:46 pm » Comments (1)

One of the most common tourist activities when out traveling is to go shopping. It’s always a pleasure to have a look around for “different from home” clothes in another country. This sign I found in a dressing room recently says it all…

Right now I’ve been looking for some dresses, but found them through an [...]