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Fearful flights and Sweden

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April 11th 2008
April 9 Today, starting from our 3pm arrival at JFK, was a bit of a shocker. Nothing particularly bad happened, but we did nothing but travel for almost 30 hours (I think; too many time zones!). We started with a 4-hour wait at JFK airport, before a 6-hour flight to Heathrow. The flight itself was no problem, although neither of us got any sleep. Arrival at Heathrow was a bit more of a proble ... read more

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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 substant... ... read more