We have had a nice weekend in the houseboat with sunny days and evenings on deck. We also had some unexpected guests and were invited home for dinner. Now we are preparing for this week's trip to the Czech Republic.
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Yesterday we celebrated Midsummer Eve for the first time at home in the houseboat. Our good friends Lennart and Beata came to visit and there was both herring lunch and dinner on deck, with a test of a slightly new midsummer menu ...
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Finally it was time for the barbecue premiere! A few days ago we inaugurated our barbecue here on the deck of the houseboat. It was the first time we grilled this year, and also the first time we tried our grill at all. A bit funny perhaps, considering that we bought the grill a year and a half ago. But then we left on our 1-year-long motorhome trip and rented out the houseboat ...
Last night we were invited to a gourmet experience by the Tourist Board of Catalonia. These press conferences are very exciting because you never know what will happen. This time it was even more interesting because we were not only going to try Catalan food, but also law a Catalan dish.
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Yesterday we had guests on the houseboat for lunch, and what could be nicer and simpler than a lunch party with some takeaway food? It's still a bit too cold to sit out on the deck, but we sat inside the kitchen with the windows open and munched on pick-up food while being entertained by the boat traffic outside.
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If you can't afford to go out for an exclusive New Year's Eve dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, then you need to know someone who can offer such food at home. We have had that luck this year! On New Year's Eve we were invited to Peter's niece Dessi, who offered an absolutely fantastic New Year's menu.
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In the end, Christmas was celebrated for us too! On Christmas Day, my mum invited our whole family and my brother's whole family to a Christmas table, coffee, Christmas cookies and Christmas sweets - as it should be at Christmas. A very nice afternoon and evening! And now that we've been eating traditional Swedish Christmas food all day, I thought we could talk about ... Swedish Christmas food.
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Yesterday we organised a little "mulled wine walk" together with Peter's eldest son Robin, his wife Alexandra, Robin's half-sister Felicia (not Peter's daughter) and her boyfriend David. We started in our houseboat and there we had the opportunity to bid on yesterday's finds from Hötorgshallen.
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We're not as impressed with Italian food as many people seem to be (seriously, pizza and pasta are mostly ... dough?), but there are some things they do really well. Things like olives, tomatoes and air-dried ham taste amazing here, and all these goodies are suitable for eating as 'antipasti'.
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Right now we are hanging out in the motorhome and having a good time. We've been doing two training sessions a day for a few days, so today was a rest! It's raining outside, so we have spent time cleaning, even more travel planning and reading. And of course, you have to cook good food!
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