Unusual sightseeing in Småland

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December 10th 2013

Published: December 15th 2013

"The highway's jammed with broken heroes" We love visiting traditional tourist sights. Iconic landmarks like Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa have been included in our travel itineraries. Historical places such as Macchu Piccu, the Colosseum and Shibam are just as important to us. Wildlife and nature is also high on our agenda when we plan trips. Monarch B... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Once loved, now forgotten

"The machine of a dream, such a clean machine With the pistons a pumpin’, and the hubcaps all gleam When I’m holding your wheel All I hear is your gear"/ I'm in love with my car

Not hitting the road anymore

"And once upon a pair of wheels Hit the road and I'm gone ah What's my number I wonder how your engine feels"/ Baby driver

Wild days on the highway are over

"Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway Looking for adventure"/ Born To Be Wild

Likely not a Chevrolet, but let's pretend for a while...

"Done hit that freeway at sunset. Now the big city lights are at hand. Hallelujah, hallelujah, Ride my Chevrolet"/ Chevrolet

Were fast once

"You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way"/ Fast Car

This car has slowed down for good

"No stop signs, speed limit Nobody's gonna slow me down Like a wheel, gonna spin it Nobody's gonna mess me round"/ Highway to Hell

Probably never drove on Route 66

"If you ever plan to motor west Travel my way, take the highway that's the best"/ (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

Bogged, and not driving any strip anymore

"I'm gettin bugged driving up and down the same old strip I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip"/ I Get Around

Built for speed

"Well, long tall Sally, she's built for speed She got everything that Uncle John needs"/ Long Tall Sally

Has probably been driven on a dark highway at some point

"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light"/ Hotel California

Likely not a Ford Mustang, but let's pretend for a while...

"Mustang Sally Guess you better slow that Mustang down Mustang Sally, now baby Guess you better slow that Mustang down"/ Mustang Sally

Likely not a Chevrolet Corvette, but let's pretend for a while...

"Little red corvette Baby you're much to fast Little red corvette You need a love that's gonna last"/Little Red Corvette

Hope someone stole a kiss in this car at some point

"Ridin' along in my automobile My baby beside me at the wheel I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile My curiosity runnin' wild Cruisin' and playin' the radio With no particular place to go"/ No Particular Place to go

Maybe someone parked this car by a lake once

"Parking by the lake And there was not another car in sight And I never had a girl Looking any better than you did"/ Paradise by the Dashboard Light

It's in a bog, not on the road

"On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again"/ On The Road Again

Likely not a Cadillac, but let's pretend for a while...

"I love you for your pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Oozing down the street"/ Pink Cadillac

Is the motor clean? Likely not even having one

"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean"/ You Shook Me All Night Long

Has started up for the last time

"Spread out the oil, the gasoline I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine Start it up If you start it up Kick on the starter give it all you got"/ Start me up

Here the streets have no name

"I want to feel sunlight on my face I see the dust cloud disappear Without a trace I want to take shelter from the poison rain Where the streets have no name"/ Where the Streets have no Name

Likely not a Cadillac, but let's pretend for a while...

"And my love is bigger than a Cadillac I'll try to show it if you drive me back"/ Not Fade Away

Likely not a Cadillac, but let's pretend for a while...

"I saw Maybellene in a coup de ville. A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road"/ Maybellene

15th December 2013

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Broken heroes...heading to car heaven
Sort of spiritual to see pages of broken heroes...broken bodies...their souls long departed...leaving only empty shells. Great blog...beautiful but tragic images.

16th December 2013

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks David
Thank you for the kind words. /Ake

16th December 2013

Grace
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Cool collection of abandoned cars
Loved to see these abondoned cars, I have seen a few here in california. www.travoline.com

17th December 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Little attention from guide books
What a charming blog. Glad you shared the story with us. It is like going to a museum of art! Beautiful photos.

19th February 2017

Bryan
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Ford
This looks to be a Ford Anglia of the seventies made in Dagnham Essex England

19th February 2017

Bryan
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Ford
This also lookes to be a UK ford but possible a Prefect from the fifties also called a puddle jumper

19th February 2017

Bryan
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Austin Uk
This looks to be a UK Austin A30 also from the fifties these had a Flying 'A' bonnet badge

19th February 2017

Bryan
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Morris UK
Looks to be a Morris Miner could be a Fifties model

19th February 2017

Likely not a Dodge, but let's pretend for a while...

Bryan
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JAG
looks to be a sixtis MK 2 Jaguar

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