Writer: Helena Bergström
We ended the trip in Cairo by being invited to iftar. Then we went straight home to a weekday filled with everything from meetings and travel agency preparations to unsuccessful planning, picking up a "discarded" motorhome and a motorhome trip north. So, wow what a week!
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Iftar in Egypt
Our trip in Cairo ended with iftar, the meal that breaks the fast in the evenings during Ramadan. It was our Egyptian partners, a local travel agency, who invited us to experience iftar with them.
Interesting to experience, and also a fantastic group to experience it all with. By the way, did you know that iftar is listed as an intangible cultural heritage on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
Full steam ahead: A week of work, meetings and a failed plan
Since we came home from Egypt, everything has come together, and it's a bit of a mess when I try to think about it. The main thing we've been spending time on, more than anything else, is our upcoming travel agency FREEDOM Xplore. We open on Saturday 29 March and now, just before opening, it's pebble a lot of work!
We were going to an event too, which we thought was important, but due to stress and confusion (?) we got the address wrong, ended up at the wrong end of town and never arrived. Yes, that's how it can happen ... But we did manage to meet Peter's son Robin and his wife Alexandra!
Collection of motorhome (which we have neglected)
We've had our motorhome stored in a garage over the winter, and now we needed to get it out. The only question was ... where did we put it? In which garage? In which county ...?
We had a vague memory of taking a train from somewhere, but the appointments were washed away. We looked everywhere and after several hours of detective work, we found invoices and traces of relevant phone calls in our phones ... Yes, you wonder how you can forget where you put your motorhome? But ... now we have both found and collected it!
The first thing we did after picking up our motorhome was to fill the LPG our new fixed LPG tank, which we did at Gasolfyllarna in Barkarby.
The first thing we did after that was to repair a stone chip, which we got on the way from the winter storage ... We got an appointment at Ryds Bilglas almost immediately. It was perfect!
After that, it has been spring cleaning at express speed! We haven't really had time at all ... but we need the car!
Motorhome holiday to the High Coast
Meanwhile, we have now set off on a motorhome trip to High Coast! Did we say it's a lot right now? Yes, it is indeed! We have travelled to the High Coast (which is a big favourite!) because we have several partners and potential partners for the travel agency here.
Some we will meet to brainstorm ideas and others we will meet to test and write about their experiences. It will be an intense programme for a few days!
Best this week
Best this week? Well, time is a bit of a mess right now so I don't know what belongs to last week and what belongs to this week. But I do know one thing, and that is that it is super cosy to spend time in the motorhome! It also felt relatively well cleaned when we collected it.
There was certainly some mouse poo here and there (we can understand that the mice also found it cosy in our camper van!) but it seems so far - take it from me - that they haven't damaged anything. Happy Friday!
What has been the best part of your week ...?
The week ahead
The week ahead? Well, right now it's the High Coast that applies to us! We have a bunch of planned stops, for a few days, and then we roll back towards the capital. In addition, we are planning for the opening of the travel agency FREEDOM Xplore on Saturday!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Friday and weekend!
Did you miss the last Happy Friday? Feel free to read Greetings from Cairo - a postcard from us
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Netti Starby says:
Wow, how exciting that you will soon open your business and what a nice company car you have. You are really busy right now and wish you good luck. Hugs <3
28 March 2025 - 6:15
Helena says:
Yes, it feels really exciting! And glad you like our motorhome! 🙂
29 March 2025 - 7:24
Carin Ager says:
Good luck, everything goes well when you are on the ball and want something. Watch out before the years slip away. It goes faster and faster at the end.
28 March 2025 - 8:26
Helena says:
Thank you very much! And yes, that's it! It's just as well to drive when you can and think it's fun! Wishing you a great weekend!
29 March 2025 - 7:26
Eval8 says:
It was very lucky that the mice only pooped in the motorhome. It's horrible that they gnaw on something.
It's lucky you realised where you were storing it for the winter. I'm sure you would have heard from them if you hadn't turned up.
Happy Friday!
28 March 2025 - 11:11
Helena says:
Well, that's what we hope so far! There is always a risk that we suddenly discover something that they gnawed on ...! And haha, yes luckily we found it in the end! 🙂
29 March 2025 - 7:27
bmlarstravellingblog says:
What an intense week you had and lucky that Freedom came to the right place. It must be wonderful after that week to go on a premiere trip to the beautiful High Coast even though there is a lot of work during that trip as well, it is still relaxation as soon as you get out in the motorhome. Finally, it looks like it will be a premiere for us in the week to come even if it will only be out to the cranes and Kinnekulle ...
The best part of the week is that we have started to move some things to our storage room and even though there are things up and down, things are starting to fall into place...
28 March 2025 - 16:55
Helena says:
Agree that being in the motorhome is a kind of relaxation! Even though we have a lot to do, not least now, we always find it a relaxing feeling to hang out in the motorhome! Wishing you a great weekend, hopefully with a first trip!
29 March 2025 - 7:32
BP says:
How the f*ck can you forget where you put something as big as a motorhome - hahaha! And I thought I was out of my mind.
Then I had another good laugh: the campervan was relatively well cared for - hahaha despite the mouse poo. No, yuck! I think I'll stick to apartments and hotels;-)
Wish you a nice trip to the High Coast. Hope you find some stress-free hours somewhere along the way ...
28 March 2025 - 17:59
Helena says:
Haha, yes, "carelessly" the motorhome took a little price, I have to agree there ... 😉 The mouse poop is a few small dry nice spots, so it is easy to clean, but the worry is that they should have bitten on some cable or so ... then they can make a real mess in the worst case! And thanks, yes we have really cosy at the High Coast right now, will return about it soon! Wish you a continued nice weekend!
29 March 2025 - 7:37
Mr Tony says:
What a thing to forget where you parked the campervan, can almost feel the stress coming on myself as I read. 😀
The last picture tells me that I should probably wait a few more weeks before I take the car north.
30 March 2025 - 8:34
Tove says:
Fun! Messy! and Messy I think fits well with your activities with the motorhome gone and wrong addresses among everything else😉 But you went in goal👏
I crossed the High Coast Bridge on 29 May 2002 with my little moving van in my little Nissan Micra on the way up to Skellefteå where a new phase in my life started.
Be well and thanks for the letter 👋
31 March 2025 - 7:35