Every time I catch a plane I try to avoid eye contact with the other passengers as they come down the aisle towards me. I'm thinking, “If I don't look at you, you won't sit next to me, and I'll be able to have two seats to myself”. It's a crazy thought and nine times out of ten it never happens, but today it did. Today it's just me and one other sharing four seats for the final part of my journey home to Sydney. It was such a relief, as I was starting to feel a little fragile. The first part of the trip home was a bit of a breeze actually. As always, I was asleep before take-off, woke … [Read more...]

After yesterday's shitty weather, my final day in Stockholm was one of those classically-beautiful Swedish summer days. The morning started with packing and check-out, and a lovely compliment from one of the staff at Sky Apartments that my Swedish was very good. Although I'm sure she was flattering me to an extent, I accepted the compliment with an appreciation that yes, this time around, I was able to converse more fluently, and to pick up a lot more of the conversations going on around me. After checking out, I popped in to town to visit one of my favourite places in Stockholm … [Read more...]