Category: Travels

Caroline Bach5 Comments

Lists & Travels

..I love them!

I’m writing a to do/to buy list and a packing list for Israel now. Starting now is my favourite way of completely eliminating that horrible “I’m sure I’m forgetting something” feeling the last days.

Here’s the first part of my list :)

Packing list – Israel

  • Passport, drivers license
  • VISA, Mastercard, Creditcard
  • Shekel
  • ISIC card, HI card, Jojo traincard
  • Air ticket copies
  • Vaccination certificate
  • Canon EOS + charger + extra battery
  • Canon IXUS + charger + extra battery
  • Extra memory card, memory card reader
  • Mobile phone + charger
  • iPod + charger + headphone splitter
  • USB stick
  • Voice recorder + batteries
  • ASUS + charger
  • Casio watch
  • Mini torch
  • Padlock
  • Backpack wirelock
  • Swiss army knife

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I have been away a few times now so I basically take my old packing lists and change them a bit when travelling again. If you’re a newbie and not sure of what you might really miss when you’re away – here’s an easy page to try: Universal Packing List!

And if you forget something, there’s mostly shops at the destination, so forgetting mosquito repellent, a small bag of washing detergent or sunglasses might be a bit annoying but it probably wont kill you. :)

I’m really looking forward to be travelling again and meeting some of my old travelbuddies and new people. It’s just a month this time, and I probably won’t look the way Noam does on this picture from Buenos Aires in 2008.. This time I will be doing a lot of research and thesiswork and not just hang around meeting people and seeing places, I’m actually really looking forward to that part, maybe even more than to the travelling itself. I have a very interesting month ahead of me, and hey, I’m bringing my backpack again, just that.. is great.

The only thing I wish I could bring is my Olli, but he’s got his own stuff, and hey, there’s Skype :)

Noam and all my other friends from South America, I see you soon!

But now back to real life and the things I need to finish before the trip.

Ciao!

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Barcelona continues

Barca is still nice, the weather hasn’t been as perfect as day one, but still great. We’ve been walking around, looking at people and places, and hanging out. We visited la sagrada familia yesterday, which was great.. in the evening we went to a really nice club named Espais Actuals where the artist Alex Berned has his exhibition, we danced among his sculptures all night.

Today we went to the Guell Park.. Gaudi must have been a really crazy man.. it’s Tim Burton all over but 100 years earlier and applied on enormous buildings!

I’ll give you 3 pictures.. the rest comes when I’m back in Sweden.

Ciao!

Caroline Bach2 Comments

Saaambaa!!

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As much as I love travelling to distant places, Rio de Janeiro as a city always sparks something more.. The city, the people, the beaches.. and the music! If they would have been speaking spanish I would have done everything to live in Rio and dance forever.. it’s the perfect city.. there’s samba everywhere! If you get to go, do it!
I’ll certainly go back to visit some time.. Until then.. Bahia FM! Haha

And I love Wunderradio!


Caroline Bach1 Comment

Olvidando mi Español

I’m afraid I’m forgetting this beautiful language. Languages are as fragile as they are important, if you don’t practice, they simply fade away. Sure, a month in the right company takes you almost right back to where you were, but if you asked me right now to have a conversation with you in Spanish, I would surely experience big difficulties in expressing and finding the right words.

Of the languages I speak, have spoken and ever made efforts to learn, Spanish is without any doubt my favourite one. Not only is it easy to learn, it flows in a magical way and brings back beautiful memories and associations. It’s a language that really makes me happy whenever I hear it, if it’s from people passing by on the street, a song, a movie or whatever.. and when I get to speak it. It’s like euphoria.

So, I decided that I need to go to a Spanish speaking country very soon. To catch up, to get back to my fluency, not to forget. And I should take classes, like, real language classes.. To get it on paper, to know the language officially. I’m thinking South America. I’m thinking Universidad de Buenos Aires, or some place else. I’m thinking Colombia. I’m thinking internship in Mexico. If not, I’m thinking Barcelona. We’ll see if I manage to find something perfect.

First I have an International Relations master to finish.

Until then, movies in Spanish, books in Spanish.. and a lot of Bebe :)

Bebe – Me Fui.
Y. (2009)