Archive for the ‘vintage’ Category

With the thought of that Marseille traditional soaps have been made for about 600 years, I couldn’t resist taking a photo of those really wonderful vintage soap posters I found in a French medieval village.

The traditional Marseille soap is made from vegetable oils and it grew so popular that it in 1913 the production had [...]

Linnaean place nr 10
The famous ancient Swede Carl Linneaus - who started the Taxonomy system - took a tour around to Fårö island one day in the year of 1741.
Because of the hot weather, he and his companions rested in the shadows of the big Ava oak tree - and 268 years later we followed [...]

It’s Saturday night and we’ve walked down on the rocks to the last rock, to watch the wonderful sunset down at the big rauk (sea stack) area Digerhuvud at Fårö island, Gotland, Sweden.
Can you get the feeling of freedom and peace standing there with the wind blowing in your hair and only the never [...]