Happy Friday! The best part of this week has undoubtedly been preparing for our motorhome trip to Estonia. We have been working to finish various "musts", planning and packing. And we've had time to enjoy a bit of summer too.
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Holidays - and more work
One of the best things this week is perhaps that it is now time for me (Helena) to take a holiday from my "regular" job. It will not be a long holiday, but I have taken time off for our 3-week motorhome trip in Estonia.
I also happened to accept a little more work this autumn. I already work 50 per cent on one project, but now I have accepted 30 per cent on another project from October. Actually, I do not want to work more, but it is difficult to make a living as a travel blogger so it can be good with a little extra income for a period. It also feels like a fun project. I'm going to do an interview study in a project on physical activity on prescription.
Lovely summer days
What wonderful summer days we had by the way! It got a little colder later in the week, but before that ... wow. Even though we worked a lot, we have really enjoyed the summer weather.
Traffic in the marina
As usual, there are always things happening outside the windows in the Pampas marina where we live. You look out and see ... what is that? Yes, it's one of our neighbours passing by. They were apparently going up on land to fix something.
Against Estonia!
The best part of this week is of course that it is now time to roll towards our home. caravanning adventure in Estonia! We test the motorhome Inspire 599so that's the one you'll be following this time. Tomorrow we will publish a post from our trip to Skåne in May. Then we will start reporting from Estonia.
And now, of course, we want to know what has been positive about your week?
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Reiselinda says:
So nice with holidays and travel going on! It will be nice to follow you. Have myself taken a small mini holiday to go slowly to Örebro where the motorhome will be in the workshop on Monday. Left at 0700 this morning as there was a time to fit in Uppsala along the way. Not so holiday-rich with early mornings, but so nice to be able to drive a motorhome again!
05 July 2019 - 9:05
Helena says:
Glad you want to follow our adventure Linda! ?? Wishing you a great trip with the motorhome again!!!
05 July 2019 - 10:33
Solan says:
Have you scrapped the Freedom House car? Miss your adventurous trips with it...?
05 July 2019 - 9:35
Helena says:
We haven't scrapped Freedom but he needs some love (which costs money). Will try to roll Freedom in Sweden a little later this summer! (And there will NOT be less adventure in this car, promise! ???)
05 July 2019 - 10:34
Ama de casa says:
Congratulations on the extra job! A little extra cash is never a bad thing 🙂 .
It will be fun to see a little more of Estonia in the future 🙂 .
The best part of the week was the trip to Andalucia and Extremadura. There are so many nice things to see in Spain 😀.
05 July 2019 - 9:53
Helena says:
Thanks, a little extra budget can be good! Great tours you do in Spain! ??
05 July 2019 - 10:35
Gunilla and Janne Dreamteam says:
Hooray for motorhome holidays for you, glad you are going away again and hope you will be satisfied. Would be fun to see some more pictures from inside the motorhome and compare it with our gem. We will probably come to the fair this year so we can hug and talk a little then. Hugs to you.
05 July 2019 - 10:15
Helena says:
Yes very funny! And of course there will be pictures from inside! 🙂
05 July 2019 - 12:30
Mr Nils-Åke Hansson says:
Happy holidays and travelling again! It will be nice to follow you and see if you recognise yourself sometimes. Now it was many years since we were there.
The best part of this week was that we were far into the forests of northern Dalarna.
05 July 2019 - 11:03
Helena says:
Thank you very much! Nice that you "keep up"! It sounds exciting to find in the forests of Dalarna! ??
05 July 2019 - 12:31
Seija Viitamäki-Carlsson says:
Again, exciting news from you. You are so very good with your tips.
Will you be working with Anders Hansen, or is your project a stand-alone job? We leave Sweden at the end of August. New adventures but in your tracks and in our own tracks on a roll. Good luck with the Estonia trip!
05 July 2019 - 11:53
Helena says:
Sounds great with a motorhome trip in August! Where is it going...? Anders Hansen works somewhere else, at Sophiahemmet I think? I work at the Academic Primary Care Centre. A group there is working on a project about physical activity on prescription and mental health. I will do the qualitative evaluation part, which involves interviews. It will be interesting!
05 July 2019 - 16:25
Role o Carina says:
Of course, it's good to have extra money in the bank!
Have a good time in the plate......
06 July 2019 - 8:19
Ditte says:
Great fun with your trip to Estonia. It will be fun to follow. Estonia is nice and has so much. Hope you get out in the Estonian archipelago as well.
Best this week? Plenty. The trip to Visby and the visit there. Nice weather here at home and new travel jobs of various kinds. Retired life offers so much fun.
I hope the wind has time to die down a bit before your trip across the Baltic Sea. But on the other hand, the time on the open sea is not very long.
05 July 2019 - 13:48
Helena says:
Yes, the plan is to find the Estonian archipelago! ?? Great with the trip to Visby!
05 July 2019 - 19:17
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
How fun for you to try a patch!
We will follow your journey with great interest!
Here the week has gone so fast with lots of work after our lovely long weekend in the motorhome. Now we are making plans for next weekend when there will be a new trip.... and hopefully the temperature seems to rise until then.
05 July 2019 - 14:27
Helena says:
Yes, we like ploughing so it's really fun! (I've been on flat ice in Croatia and Ireland before.) Interesting to see where the next print goes?
05 July 2019 - 19:18
BP says:
So your new travelling companion will be a Citroën. Very funny that you can borrow / test another motorhome brand. So poor Freedom will remain in the marina and hope for better times;-)
How summery it looks in Pampas Marina - lovely. Good that you took advantage of the warm and nice days in June, because this week was not very good. But now at 21:30 the sun is shining, of course ...
Have a great holiday in Estonia! Glad to be back on the show.
05 July 2019 - 21:30