Archive for December, 2010

Christmas is a beautiful thing

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

It’s a fantastic holiday of joy, food and family. No so much for swimming, cycling and running. The southern parts of Sweden had the worst (best?) winter for years, struggling to keep the roads clean for traffic. Many trains were cancelled and lots of people couldn’t make it home, or away, or wherever people were [...]

Snowchaos in amsterdam – time for reflection in Nairobi

Monday, December 20th, 2010

I had packed all my gear. Survived the matatu ride down to Eldoret. Had a nice dinner at one of the airport cafés -and was looking forward to get on the flight back home. That wasn’t going to happen. The snow in Europe had caused chaos all way down in eastern africa. Everyone with a [...]