Circling the Baltic Sea: 6 Sweden

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October 23rd 2023

Published: October 23rd 2023

The gale is jerking at the Scanda. It is night and we are sailing from Ventspils in Latvia to Nynäshamn in Sweden. We lay on our beds in our hut. Sometimes the waves push us high up, let us hang on the crest for a while and let us fall with a sudden movement. Like in a rollercoaster. Strange metallic sounds come from the belly of the ship. As if all trucks down there broke their chains and have a... Read Full Entry

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NobelMuseet, Stockholm

Nobelprize winners in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman got the Nobelprize for the effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Coat made of fungi (Nobelmuseet, Stockholm)

Animation of the transportsystem within a root.

More than 90 procents of the plants live in symbiosis with fungi.

Nut of the rare tambalacoque tree from Mauritius

2008 Nobelprize winner French/Mauritian writer J.M.G le Clézio gave the nut the Nobelmuseet. It is said that the Dodo became extinct because there were nuts anymore. That appears to be false.

Waffles

The waffles in Stockholm were delicious, but far too expensive (8 euro).

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Sigurdsristningen, Eskittuna

Sigurdsristningen,Eskittuna

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23rd October 2023

Jaap Elst, van
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Ik geniet!!!
Ik lees alweer dagen mee. En verbaas me elke dag weer waar je de tijd vandaan haalt om zo uitgebreid te schrijven. Maar blijft dat vooral volhouden

24th October 2023

Andre and Linda
Andre van Leijen Linda Tluckova

Jaap
Bedankt Jaap. Het is inderdaad een hels karwei, maar het is zo leuk. Bedankt voor je commentaar.

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