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November 27th 2016

Published: January 25th 2018

Hello my fellow travellers! This trip sort of came about a bit on a whim, I felt I needed a bit of a break from work and my last trip to Japan was quite far behind me and I really had an itch at the bottom of my feet to get back out on the road again even if only for a short while. While looking on the world map and browsing for flight tickets my eyes fell upon United Arab Emirates and it's neig... Read Full Entry

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Per-Olof Persson

A Small Swede in the Big World

I'm a small Swede that simply just love to travel. I haven't been around as much as I'd wish to yet, but my life long goal is to visit all the countries in the world. I still have a long way to go before that mission is accomplished though. I live with my two cats and one spider in Alvesta, a small city outside of Växjö where I try to host people from all over the world as often as I can. If you need a place to stay, just look me up on couchsurfing.org and send me a request. My living I make working as a insurance adviser, it's a soft job with plenty of free time. I try to get out in the ... full info

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25th January 2018

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Military Service
I had no idea you had to do military service over there... speaking to friends in Turkey and Greece who did military service, they had mixed feelings about doing it. Sounds like you had a nice and relaxing start to your trip :)

26th January 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Military Service
It's no longer compulsory but it used to be, we switched to a "professional" army a few years ago. Our army used to be fairly large but it has been completely dismantled over the years, but they are talking about rebuilding it with the increase in armaments in Russia. Honestly it's impossible for us to do it now though, our economy is far to weak now to even keep our infrastructure and health care systems running, we have no possibility of rebuilding our army under these circumstances.

31st January 2018

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

We've dubbed it "The Ugliest Royal Palace in the World"
We have been known to call the Royal Palace in Stockholm "The Ugliest Royal Palace in the World". Is that why they have decided to cover parts of it with tarpaulin? So we don't have to see it?... /Åke

1st February 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

We've dubbed it "The Ugliest Royal Palace in the World"
Might very well be the reason! :D

4th February 2018

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Local Travels
Great to hear of a fellow travel blogger also doing local travels. You can learn so much by being a traveller in your own country :) Stockholm looks very grand and regal. I look forward to reading about your trip to Dubai.

7th February 2018

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

Local Travels
It's nice to discover a bit of Sweden as well, I haven't travelled around in Sweden since I was a kid. I will post up some more from Sweden, including my local neighbourhood in a bit. :)

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