The hunt to spot Mercury and Uranus
I did ome planetgazing recently...
...but it is not eason to see mercury...some month left...
...Uranus should also be possible to see...but it will look like a weak star I heard...
Scattered events at the west coast
...I went playing badminton recently...
...it was fun...i havng been to this place for many years...
...I met mr philip...
...some people were very good...
...it was also local football goin on..very noisy crowd...
...I also trid some italian food...pasta, ruccola and tuna...with lemon and almond...
...and I passed by GoCo...in mölndal...
...and listned to some medtech people...
...and tried a whisky sour..
...and some shrimps...
...and dessert...
...the butter here was very good at some Taverna at 3e lång...
A visit to Håkan Hellström
Håkan Hellström, some swedish singer performed at Ullevi in Gothenburg recently...
...a lots of lights on the stage...
...I was exploring different sections with Mr F
...ended up close to the stage...
...Mr Håkan...
...he had a golden shirt...
...and he was running back and forth...
...Miriam Bryant was also singing...
...and Simon form Alingsås was playing guitar...
...he got a lot of attention...
...many lights in the audience...
...later I changed place...and from there I could see alot of sparking on the stage...
...super many people...
...maybe 60k-70k...
...and Greta Thunberg was talking...
...and also singing...
...it was fun...
...her mom is a famous singer..so I expected her to be good too...
...some fireworks...
...more fireworks...
...and Håkan stayed at the stage for another 15 minutes after the music stopped...it was clever...so that not all 60k-70k left the arena at the same time...causing more chaos that it usually is after an ullevi concert...
2022 continues...
The hunt for maple trees
...I have been looking for maple trees for many years...
...I headed to alingsås...finding some ticket machines broken...
...some maple bushes...
...and some larger maple tree...
...more maple trees..
...here too...I should return in early spring and collect syrup (i read that even the swedish maple can give syrup)...
A chill day in gothenburg
...I chilled in gothenburg recently...
...and saw some nice arts...
...mainly of owls...
...I also passed by an african restaurant in Gothenburg which was not Eritrean or ethiopian...which is pretty rare to find...(this map shows west africa with the dottel line marking borders of islam and christianity)...
...they had nigerian beer...
...and some african art...
...I also found marmite...(no vegimite this time)...
A quick visit to Stockholm
I went to stockholm recently...
...I had some asian food at a buffet...
...and a hotel breakfast...it was good...
...some cakes...
...I also found some local icecream at the saluhall in östermalms torg...
..I had some mashed potato...it was ok...
...I also passed by a brewery...
...they had many kind fo beers...
...the waiter was pretty social...and asked me to drink the beers in a special sequence...and also not know what I was drinking...
...I manage to guess most of them correctly...
...they update their menu once in a while...
...i also had a hamburger...it was pretty good...but no ketchup...
...they also had frames without painting...
...I also got to check their production record...
...omg...they also occasionally had Westvleterens 12..."atleast once or twice per year" they told me...its number 1 on my beer wish list...
"Waza restaurant and brewery" was the name...
Hops fixing and a east coast visit
I went to Alingsås with some hops plants...
...I hope it is not too windy...
...I also made some blueberry jam...
I also saw a book about food waste and dumpster dive...it was interesting...
...I also gave some friends some dumpstereed herbs...
....and plenty of flowers...
...later I headed to stockholm..and had some korean snacks at Joels place...
...checking his balcony...
...and having some game of thrones whisky...it was fun...
The day of the hops
...I went for some presentation of hops recently...
...it was interesting...
..."humle" in swedish..
...some history...
...it was by law...people needed to have hops in your garden...
...so there are plenty of hops out there...
...and it is 35-55 degrees away from the equator...but moving....maybe due to climate change...
...they also had some exhibition...
...and beer brewing...
...I planned to buy some..and maybe "borrow" some plants...
...one of many swedish hops...
...how to manage the hops plants...
...some hops info...
...and usability beyond beer...
...and culture history...
...and the swedish kinds...
...and also information about the investigation to find swedish hops...
...a cool link to old maps...
...and some findings...
...i bought some hops made at this place...
....the "flower"...
...and some different kinds...
...and conclusions...
...and beer types in sweden...
...i bought "korsa"...I wanted "näs"...but it mainly grows in Uppsala area...
...I also got a Mauritz 85...
...some book tip...
...later I saw some deer in the garden...
Spicy sauce and fika
I foound carolina reaper sauce at a local ica...(it was on their America shelf)...
...I bought a bottle...I also rally wanna dumpster at this store...it is a gold mine!...
...I also had some friday fika...with pricess cake, swedish brownie..but also cheese etc...it was nice...
Indias independence day
It was indias independence day recenly...
...I was chillin with the guys...
...some gift hand out since there was birthdays aswell...
...and some testing ofbathing equipment...
...it was fun...
...and cakes...
...HBD Mr DL...
...it was a late event...morning sun in august...
Buns, south indian food and pizza
I made some danish buns recently...
...with cardamom and cinnamon...
...I also went to a south indian restaurant...
...pretty spicy...
...and late on to a pizza buffet....
...whty had some dessert...nutella pizza...it was nice...
...the manager is very strict...that only 1 slize per person...
2022 continues...
Östad Cup 2022
I went for a football torunament recently...
...also halping with some BBQ:..
...we finally manage to assemble the grill...
....plenty of people came to play...
...it was fun...
...the huge grill...
...I also got recommendations for some wine...
...this was also good....
..."Masi"...
...and later I halepd to carry things...good exersice...
...I also said "hi" to the chickens...
...and ended the visit by oncluding that Alingsås train staiton has a sign that has an error...
Crayfish event and deer encounter
I went to some crayfish event with a friend recently...
...I finished a jar of aioli on some bread...it was good...
...I also saw s funny candle...
...and later i passed by golden days...they had some "untappd" friendly display...I could see my check-in...
...I also met some deers on the street...
...there are plenty of deers out there nowadays...
Kristoffer in Alingsås
My friend Kristoffer paid a visit ot alingsås...
...he went for a stand up paddle ride...
...it was fun...he cycled here from Mölnlycke...
...he also used his tent...it was nice...i love this spot on the garden...
Rammstein at Ullevi
I went to see Rammstein recently at Ullevi in Gothenburg...
...I also had some asian fusion food prior to the concert...
...many people went to the concert (1 of 3 concerts in gothenburg)...
...we tried to match the start...
...the stage was here since the begining of the week...
...smoke...like from a steam ship..
...it smelled like a steap ship too...
...and then they started to sing...
...it was very entertaining...
...with different lights...
...and more smoke...
...and some light again...
...and then the band turned up right behind me...
...then they went on boats on the audience...
...first people to go...
...until they reached the front stage...
...and some foam...
...and fire...
...and some cool ending...
...the crew went up some elevator...
...and some presentation of the cast...
...and some guards arranging the traffic...when everyone wanted to leave...
...and Mr Yu who wanted to go to KFC...i never understood why...but since i couldnt convince him...I let KFC convince him that it was a bad idea...slow food and he didnt got what he expected...
2022 continues...
