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Swedish  Flag A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substan... [read more]
Blog: Riding Rocinante VI: Lake Gröcken (Kms 4010)
Date: September 8th 2008

Another rainy day. I've been cycling for weeks now in the constant worry of being forced to seek for solutions to stay reasonably dry. I drift through the immense Swedish forests of coniferous, that after the rain release a sweet and pungent smell that brings my mind back to Asian and Middle Eastern spice markets. Other journeys that today seem to belong to times so remote that could not be possib ... read more




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Date: 17th December 2010

The beauty of sweden
Great photo. I first saw Lake Gröcken during a canootour back in 1986. Nice to remember all that when watching the photo

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The chubby, long-haired little boy of the picture is me back in the '70s. Today I look a bit different, but deep down I kept the same level of suspicious curiosity. I Travel in no hurry and this blog is the instrument to tell my story. I'm not english mother tongue, so please be indulgent with any grammatical/structural awkwardness you might stumble upon. ITALIANO Ecco il link alla versione italiana del mio blog: Marcoelitaliano... full info
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