Måste prova igen
Kanske blir det här text till bilden....?
Nope, bara bilder i en hög.
Det är hur som helst bilder från Portugal. Bron är byggd av Mr Eiffel.
Det fungerade
Det verkar ju fungera med app'en. Jag har alltid tyckt det varit några moment för mycket när bilder ska läggas upp.
Bilderna från tidigare inlägget var från vår resa till Portugal över nyår. Vädret var bättre än väntat mitt i vintern.
iPhone applikation
Jag hittade en iPhone applikation för bloggen som jag måste testa.
Vet du vad dy har? Taskig tajming!... är ...
Vet du vad dy har? Taskig tajming!... är just vad en kompis skulle säga till mig nu. Igår mitt under mötet fick jag besked från servicekillen att motorn hade kommit. Det var en fredag och tyvärr svårt att få undan alla andra jobb så även om motorn var där så kunde den inte bli klar förrän slutet nästa vecka. Der är ju inte mycket att säga annat än att den gärna hade gått ankomma en dag tidigare... jag hade ju kunnat stanna över lördagen och hejat på i verkstaden med glada tillrop och serverat kaffe och bullar. Det finns ett visst motstånd mot att genast boks en resa till nästa fredag. Vi går väl se om inte fingrarna gör som dom vill. Jag saknar ju min lilla bil... även om det är en tjej bil.
Cirkeln...
Sitter på ett hotell i Kungsbacka just inkommen Ystad.
Resan startade idag klockan 4.00 med taxi utanför lägenheten i Kiev.
Det var i och för sig inte den taxin jag hade bokat först för den dök inte upp - det är ju precis det man vill göra klockan 4.00 på morgen att leta efter en ny taxi - men i alla fall så startade dagens resa. Flyg till Köpenhamn via Amsterdam. Tåg till Ystad med både Öresundståget och Pågatåget. Taxi till Hertz bil uthyrning och nu 30 svenska mil senare är jag i Kungsbacka - på Hotell Halland.
Imorgon ska jag till Göteborg på ett möte och hemresan blir inte enklare men låter bli att skriva om det för det finns fortfarande möjlighet att den blir värre.
Varför blev det så här?
Precis som öppnings scenen i någon tv serie - "Några månader tidigare"
Jag hade ju inför sommaren beslutat mig för att ha bilen till Ukraina och Kiev så vi kan bila runt lite mer och se lite annat. Det var faktiskt en bra idé. Vi åkte runt och tittade på en massa saker och åkte till långt bort i Ukraina dit vi inte hade åkt utan bil.
Men så en juni kväll - ja det känns som igår (dramaturgiskt så det förslår) - efter att det hade regnat mycket och under en lång tid så var vi ute på en slö runda med bilen. Både för att titta på ett köpcenter och för att avsluta dagen/kvällen med en kaffe någonstans.
Man undrar ju var allt vatten tar vägen när det regnar så där mycket. Ett ställe som det tar vägen är under en bro vid utkanten av Obalon och rätt nära ett av dom där köpcentren - där dom kaffé bland annat. Vi körde inte helt rätt på vägen tillbaka så den lilla omväg vi gjorde resulterade i att vi kom in i ett område med vatten.
Det är ju så med vatten på vägen att det är platt - man ser ju inte att det är djupt. Vi hade dock tur i oturen i och med att det inte var så mycket vatten att det kom in i kupén. Däremot så hackade motorn till och ville inte starta igen. Många teorier senare och lite puttande och ringande så kom bilen till slut till en Volvo verkstad - Viking Motors.
Det kändes tryggt och när jag fått klart för att att försäkringen skulle hantera kostnaden så kändes det okay. Hur lång tid kan det ta att laga en bil. Folk lagar ju bilar hela tiden och då måste det ju finnas duktigt folk - som kan laga allt.
Allt gick inte att laga och Volvia beslutade sig för att bogsera bilen hem till Sverige. Nu var det ju inte så att dom kom och hämtade den på en gång. Det är ju lite papper som skall till och fullmakter så att inte vem som helst kan hämta bilar och köra dom ut ur Ukraina.
För några veckor sedan kom den till Ystad och som för någon vecka sedan konstaterade att motorn måste bytas. Det känns lite klent av min nya bil att inte klara av en vatten pöl, även om det var en stoooor vattenpöl.
Men motorbyte borde ju inte vara några problem - det finns folk som byter motorer hela dagarna. Jag fick till och med en tid när det skulle vara klart, den 16:e september.
Just då kände jag att jag hade en plan. Jag och Lisa ville åka förbi Danmark och nu hade dom i princip parkerat bilen just framför bron. Perfekt. Detta passar också perfekt med ett möte jag behöver ordna i Göteborg. Sweeeeeeet!!
Så resan bokades och jag ville vara den 22:a i Ystad men inte för sent så att dom hade stängt verkstaden. Ja, vad som helst kan ju hända på vägen.
Några dagar efter att jag hade bokat resan (jo ja hade fått bekräftat att den skulle vara klar den 16:e och dp naturligtvis till den 22:a) så fick jag beskeded att motortillverkaren hade återkallat alla motorer och det innebär att det inte kommer finnas någon bil att hämta den 22:a - inte ens säkert att den finns den 22:a nästa månad heller.
Det är inte så fantastiskt just nu poch planen inte heller så där fantastisk och det blev inte bättre när resan - i princip - inte gick att b oka om.
Nu orkar jag inte skriva mer än att det är därför jag just nu sitter i ett hotellrum med en hyrbil körd från Ystad där jag skall lämna tillbaka den efter mötet imorgon och efter att ha kört tillbaka dryga 30 svenska mil.
Jo, en sak till. Jag har ju köpt en ny telefon för mitt Ukrainska abonnemang. Jag kände mig järv och köpte en Android telefon. Den var rolig att leka med men finns inte att hitta just nu. Jag har tappart bort den någonstans på vägen. Det är inte möjligt men det har ändå hänt.
Angående telefonen tycker jag att det är ganska underligt hur man (läs jag) resonerar. Telefonen är borta och snart har jag nog accepterat det fullt ut. Processen direkt efter att den är borta och det svagt börjar gå upp för mig att jag faktiskt har slarvat bort en pryl för 2000 kronor snurrar mina tankar i banorna - "Hur kan jag fixa detta utan att någon märker?" "Måste jag köpa en just likadan elelr kommer man inte ihåg vad jag hade för telefon?" "Hur fixar jag ett nytt kontant kort med samma nummer och kan jag hantera detta själv på engelska när ingen på kontantkortavdelningen pratar engelska?"
Ett tag tänkte jag faktiskt att jag skulle köpa en till likadan och säga att jag tog ur mitt kort och sen tappade det... Jo, det är ju naturligtvis klantigt men inte lika klantigt som att tappa bort telefonen. Vad händer om någon hinner ringa eller messa och säga att dom hittat min telefon?
.... eller som jag brukar säga. Har jag inte större problem än så här så är det rätt okay ändå.
* UPDATE * Jag hittade den..... * UPDATE *
Melancholia
The movie to be seen was Melancholia by Lars von Trier and anybody who knows my opinion about how a movie should be probably would have warned me before.
But it is not that easy. The movie is fantastic in everything except one thing, not saying what, so afterwards it just consumes a lot of your brain thinking it through.
If you should see it - see it on cinema or a really big screen, don't see it too late so so have to go to sleep directly afterwards.
Announcement
For all curious people out there.
I found the love of my life.
You might have figured it out already when reading the previous posts.
Well... me and Lisa did not at that time but now life found a meaning.
If you are in Upplands Väsby on New Year's eve (2010)
you are welcome to join our party.
Danish Language Collapse
Soon is not soon enough...
Soon is not soon enough...
L'viv - Part 2
Pictures from L'viv city
I wonder if it's just the translation that makes it funny or if it's really a success to sell "Pork Fat in Chocolate".
On the exteriour of the fancy house from Part 1 this is what they have covered it with. Is it only me who thinks it looks like ...
Finally some real food :-) There is a "korv" under there som where. In the end I ate the "korv" when I found it and much of the rest fell to the ground much to the birds happyness.
A lamp!
It's not only hills in Kiev. They have their fare share in L'viv as well.
When going up to the top to see tha spectacular view over the city it was some construction on the way and we could not reach the top... but we could see the top :-)
Visiting castles
We visited three castles on our trip. It was Oles'ko, Pidhirtsi and Zolochiv.
On the way to the first castle our GPS (my Phone) was a little insecure. In the end she decided this is the best road to get there. We did not trust her at first but we got there. I was glad to be warned about this crazy but cool statue almost reaching to the road. Never seen anything like it.
Oles'ko (1400)
Oles'ko castle is really put up on a hill with good views to spot intruders in good time to give them a warm welcome. On the property there is also statues from modern time and in all different styles.... really all type of styles.
Here is a bride of great importance and there is a saying that if you walk this bridge you will never be sea sick again. We thought it was a bit strange but for safty we walked the bridge and will now never suffer from sea sickness. ... or I just made it up right now to have something to write to these pictures. It is however nice autum pictures.
This was only one of all the inventions to welcome the intruder. There were some more scary stuff but to dark to take pictures of it. Especially there was this hole inside the sellar and it was really deep and dark. Brrr.
To take away the bad karma with of dark and evil times I show picture of two really cool tourists.
- "Igor, was it you?"Pidhirtsi (1640)
The Pidhirtsi castle is a pleasure to pake pictures of. I think the pictures are dramatic and it's almost as you can see the ghosts doing their job by night. The girl sitting in front of the castle is not a ghost though.
The picture in middle is a small small church and was looking not to much on the outside but was warm and nice on the inside. When we entered it was two girls playing guitar and singing. It was really beatuiful so I did not dare taking pictures.
I think it looks funny with the three boys posing in the "guard tower". :-)
They are working on restore the castle or at least preventing it from totaly disapare.
Zolochiv (1650-ish)
If I understood it correctly it was from the beginning just a fortress and later they build inside and now it's pretty much restaurated. Once there was living a women in here and she wanted a chinese garden - so now there is one.
It was a big fortress and the house you see is a really big house and is now fixed - maybe to much.
There is a difference of rebuilding and preserve.
This is how I look then I take picture of the statue. Value of that knowledge is probably unmeasurable.
Back in L'viv
Back in L'viv we had time to visit some more restaurants and this night it was a really nice jewish resturant.
It was cold outside but warm inside and table dance has a new meaning in life.
L'viv - Lviv - Lvov - L'Volvo - (Part 1)
Hello again. The entries in the blog becomes fewer and fewer. But it does not mean I'm ill nor beeing in jail.
Tourist
Since last blog entry I have been to L'viv (or how the spelling of the town is today :-) as tourist and had it shown to me by Lisa. Lisa assured me that L'viv is a place to visit at least once and remember for ever and if not been there you should go there. So now it's done and I will remember it for ever.
Lisa for curious readers is from Ukraine and was during a period the apartment manager for the flat I had in Kiev. Lisa also speaks Danish but since I don't speak Danish the language spoken had to be English.
Sure thing is that I will not only remember L'viv as town but also the travel to and from Kiev and the travel around L'viv to see fortress and castles.
The rented car
I'm by nature lazy and likes to go by car to tourist places. I also like the freedom a car gives you when beeing away and as in this case it gave the possability to visit the nearby area. For this to be as easy as possible I also rented a GPS for the trip. For some reason the GPS did not have maps over L'vis so the GPS did best in staying away and the glove compartment. Instead my iPhone did a good job of directing us to city of magic.
To L'viv
We went to L'viv direct from airport and we guessed the trip there would take 6-7 hours. I don't remember exactly how long time it took because I had to give the steering wheel to Lisa before reaching L'viv and slept some short period - yes I know I should not have done that (sleeping). She was not into driving in the beginning but after a while it was like she had never done anything else in her life.
You should know that before we arrived darkness had fallen and it's not like driving by night in Sweden were you have sticks on the side of the road with reflecting material. To overtake cars in the night is a challange and if you end up behind some really slow car you want to pass it.
We got to L'viv late and stayed in a small city just outside city called .... (forgot)
L'viv
The first day we decided to do the city L'viv and the day after that we go outside L'viv to the castles.
Pictures from L'viv city. L'viv is for you who visited in Kiev a little more relaxed and loose in the nature. But then I only visited it once. Maybe not that objective. :-)
They have street names in "normal" letters... a good start :-)
Lisa trying to find where we are or where we should have been... The opera house. And not as many high heels in this city - here is an example of traditional L'viv shoe.
Is it just me or do I recognize the three crowns and the lion from some where else... hmmmm
These are pictures from houses.
This is a wall painting from a armenian church in L'viv and this painting along with some other painting was a little scary. Look at the face of the guy in the middle, look at the ghosts carrying candles, what's with the fingers?
It was bad light to take a picture of the other painting but it was even more scary.
This was a very cool house.
L'viv from above
Lisa just goofing around. I'm trying to be serious.
End of Part 1
L'viv as city is now yet again safe and I'...
L'viv as city is now yet again safe and I'm back in Kiev. I was already in Kiev yesterday after a marathon drive the 60-ish Swedish miles (600 km). The only goal yesterday was to get to the airport in Kiev with enough time for me to catch the flight to Stockholm. With a flight at 17.34 it would be pleeeeenty of time to also eat some dinner before checking in. It turned out that pleeenty of time meant a whole extra day because the flight left the ground at 15.45 and I need new glasses. Lucky I had the apartment still in reach. But what about L'viv and the trip now when summarizing it all? L'viv is a beautiful city with an interesting difference in personality of people - compared with Kiev. I would not go so far to say that they are friendlier when just staying for two days so I keep it different and let you all globetrotters find out for your self. We stayed on day - from morning to night - in city and visited restaurants, bars and other interesting buildings - hills - towers - exhibitions. One well known and often talked about place is where you knock on the door and when the little opening then opened say the secret password. Luckily L knew the password so we got in - I got vodka like liquid - and could order our breakfast. I let that symbolize the bar/pub life in Kiev. The second day was for castles and fortress around L'viv. Our gps (iPhona) had trouble deciding and if to be honest I don't think you had been there before. Typically Ukranians....:-) Ohhh... that was a long summarizing even if there is more to tell. But I had a great trip and is grateful for L who showed me the top places and even some not well known. Dja Ko You! That does not mean that L is Ko-Ko.
In L'viv now or just outside to be more co...
In L'viv now or just outside to be more correct and finally in a hotel bed. I would not be here right now if it was not for the co driver aka. car barrista who drove I big part of the way. The day was a little too long for my head and a headache put an end to the driving for me and for today. From Kiev to here it's about 500 to 600 km.... in night...when it's dark..... Something that was really not good to see was an accident. I saw it in the rear view mirror on the motorway. A truck crossed the road to get over to the other side and probably go back to Kiev. I noticed he had a high speed when doing the u-turn and soon noticed a smoke from the car in that lane which the tuck was blocking. The smoke came from the breaks. The car did not stop. Car hit truck, now almost finished turning, and truck falls over landing on the side and on the side of the road. As said before - the cars in Ukraine is so small the brain does not fit in it. Tomorrow it's breakfast in town planing from there (if plan is not already made) - I like planned plans. Headache is now over but something on the outside is really noisy, I hope it gives up.
On the way back to Kiev. This time the tri...
On the way back to Kiev. This time the trip is not work related it's all about vacation. I learned that you have not seen anything if you haven't seen L'viv, so there I'm going now. Right now I'm in a empty big room at Tallinn airport and it 3 hours wait for my flight. Because I know flying to a non EU country I pass the customs control. These waiting rooms are usually really boring and this is not an exception. Before I passed the customs control I saw the signs that they have restaurant and tax free and coffee place. I even asked the lady in passport control and she confirmed. What stupid me did not understand was that it was CLOSED. It will be 3 fun hours. Other good news is that I have a delivery date on my new car. The latest info is the beginning of November. It's not too soon because yesterday reverse stopped working on Super Baleno. I only park uphill from now.
Volvo C30
The loan is approved and now I'm only waiting for the delivery date...
