We're off to the Galapagos Islands!



Finally after months of preparation an anticipation our Galapagos/Peru adventure begins.
we flew via Madrid and Quito to Guayaquil in Ecuador. there we will spend a day to adjust and see the town before we will join the National Geographic Expedition on board of the Islander to the Galapagos.

Guayaquil is the most important port of Ecuador (lots of bananas are shipped all of the world) - but it isn't the prettiest city you will ever see. the only thing worthwhile is the successful redevelopment of the riverbank.
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Äntligen! Nu är Ipad här!

Sverige har fått Ipad-feber, sluttligen...
I natt köade hundratals svenskar för att få de första svenska exemplaren.
Enligt analysföretaget Mediavision finns redan 60 000 Ipadar i Sverige. Läsplattorna har importerats privat från USA i väntan på lansering i Sverige. En Ipad kostar mellan 3 600 och 8 000 kronor.
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And now for some good news about Muslims in Holland...

According to a study of TNS Emnis, a German research company, 62 percent of Dutch  people responding to a survey indicated they had positive attitudes toward Muslims, the highest score in Europe. It seems that the more often you meet Muslims, the more you view them as generally positive. (Isn't that the case with everything really?)
Other scores where: Germany: 33%, and France 56%.
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Lunatik

Maybe I have to buy the new Nano after all... This strap is great.
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This is a 3rd prize trophy I would like to win sometimes

If you’re wondering about the trophy above, it’s the 3rd place trophy awarded at the Army National Guard’s annual Combatives Tournament. HUH?!
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Pippi @ Google

Idag var Pippi dag på Google. Jag tror det är datför att Pippi är 65 år gammel.
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Synchronized uh.. swimming?

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The day I discovered Blossom (Dearie that is...)

http://www.blossomdearie.com/
Today I stumbled upon Blossom Dearie - A jazz singer with a light little-girl voice and a great timing (probably because she plays the piano as well. It started with an old Blue Note Trip album (not by coincidence by my favorite DJ Meastro) on which the number "Charade" appears.  Then I downloaded some more albums, and now I am hooked.
Listen to one of her signature songs, “I’m Hip,” or "More then you know" e.g. - both Mel Tormé classic also by the way.

All six Verve albums — “Blossom Dearie” (1956), “Give Him the Ooh-La-La” (1957), “Once Upon a Summertime” (1958), “Sings Comden and Green” (1959), “My Gentleman Friend” (1959) and “Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs”(1960) — are super cult classics.
Thanks Blossom! :-)
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Sarah Palin's Alaska

I must admit: I really like Sarah Palin's Alaska on TLC. The production quality is superb and Sarah is like a (desperate housewife) Lynette in the wild. Constantly on her Blackberry and saying on stupid thing after an other. Most fun in episode one: the second floor of the house is a "No-Boy Zone" for the boyfriend of Willow - I wonder how Levi and Bristol made their baby: in the shed?
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Cornelis sånger

 
När du kommer hos til mig du kan höra Cornelis sånger darför att jag köpte det bok med all sina sånger...
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Kieron Williamson - is he real?



The British painter Kieron Williamson sold for more then €170.000 of his paintings in Holt, Norfolk this week. This summer he became 8 years old... :-)

Kieron has produced many new works on location or working primarily from his own photographs.
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Due Date

 
It was better then I expected, guess I just like all the movies with Zach in it...
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Hmmm...

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Rebirth reborn - for the iPad this time...

I am very happy that (finally) Rebirth is available on the iPad. Propellerhead really did an excellent job here and they even created a special rebirth app website.
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Herbal Tea Party

 
From the New Yorker...
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Cornelis - på film

Cornelis Vreeswijk: Artist. Rättshaverist. Make. Far. Legend. En nya film över sin livet har premiär på fredag 11 nov 2010.  Malin Crépin spelar Cornelis. Jag är mycket nyfiken...
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JFK as we never saw before

A very nice collection of unknown election campaign pictures of JFK on Life.
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007 Blood Stone: let the fun begin!

 
Amazon was so good to send me the new 007 PS3 installment: Blood Stone. Let's see how we can control Daniel Craig (and the bond cars)
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Hmmm...

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Bacon Soda?!

I really like my Diet Coke - but some people have very odd taste: Bacon flavored Pop?
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Targus presenter

 
Because my new Mac Airbook isn'r working with the old Apple clicker I needed a new one: this is the Targus which works with a tiny usb transmitter (which neatly is stored in the clicker when not needed). It has also a laser pointer and a nice feature to start/end the presentation.
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Sista bildenerna från Stockholm


 
På Radhuset...

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Carl XVI Gustaf: Den motvillige monarken eller den kåta kung?

Skandalboken om kungens påstådda förehavanden på strippklubbar säljer som smör i handeln och på nätet.
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Hmmm..

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How many James Bond cars are there anyway?



The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 as used in Thunderball was sold yesterday for a whopping £2,912,000. But I thought that it was already sold years ago to the Louwman Collection.. (see above) So that's making you wondering how many original James Bond DB5 there are in the world?
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Middag på F12








Vi hadde avsmakingsmenyn på F12 restaurangen. Det var jätte bra och mycket :-)
Det här är menyn:

MAINE-HUMMER «COCKTAIL» med morot och ingefära
SPETSKÅL «CHOUCROUTE» med kumminbröd och sirap
SKOGSSVAMP «PRESSÉ» med kalvbräss och pumpa
BRÄSERAD GRISKIND med fikon, vildpeppar och potatiskrokant
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ANKLEVER «BONBON» med grillade plommon
KRYDDSTEKT KNORRHANE med öl, brynt lök och fänkålsblomma
KRONHJORTSKALV FRÅN BROKINDSGÅRD med gotlandstryffel, tranbär och svartrot
ROVE DES GARRIGUES «GLACEE» med valnötter och rödbetsvinaigrette
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ROSENBÄR «LOLLIPOP» med rostad mandel
COMICE PÄRON «AFTER EIGHT» med vildmynta och bitterchoklad
ÄPPELFROMAGE med färskost och kanel

Smaken var spännende och välcombinerende. Det var mycket trevliga kvällen!
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Nästa dag

vacker fontän

Radhusut

Gamla Stan

Vaktparaden

mycket allvarlig

från Katarinahissen

gamla stan igen
C
Cornelis Vreeswijk Museet
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Tillbaka till Stockholm!

Han pekar på hem

Hösten i Stockholm

Mycket litet torn

I Stockholm är ocksa en Bourdelle

Jätte fin Vasa

Det var mycket Soligt :-)
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L'amour fou: the story of Yves and Pierre

L'amour fou is a documentary about the (difficult) life of Yves-Saint Laurent and his lifetime lover Pierre Bergé. They met in 1958 and with some up and downs stayed together for 50 years. The movie tells the moving story of the depressive Yves which was never really happy and longed to be young again and to live the life he never had a chance to. He was way to young (20) when he was put in the limelight as creative director of Dior. They amassed an amazing amount of art which was sold in 2008 for hundreds of millions - not that it made them any happier...
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