Neil Hopcroft

[audiobook] Knowing what we Know, the Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester This is a slightly incoherent book, it covers a lot of topics mostly around the creation and transmission of knowledge, somehow without a continuous thread through the book. It jumps around exploring the history of education, the […]

Smaklust is all about the food. With many samples to try and buy if you like there were tastes from all over Sweden.

We went to the Smaklust Swedish food festival in Hornstull. The place was full of the wonderful smells of the best food from across the country, with each county being represented in an area of the festival.

There was a parade of winners at the end of the Barkarby Classic Car Show.

Futurliner #8 was on show, having recently arrived in Sweden for a ten year resoration project. Originally used as part of the Parade of Progress there were 12 of these futuristic buses made and driven across America during the 40s and 50s showing off developments being made in auto engineering.

At the Barkarby car show there was a stand showing tools and equipment for looking after classic cars.

As expected there were plenty of American cars at the Barkarby Show this year.

[Hardback, read aloud to Adelle] Moonlight Express, Around the World by Night Train, by Monisha Rajesh We have long thought about going on sleeper train services, circumstances have conspired to make that impractical for us. This book was a way for us to experience some of the romance of overnight train journeys without leaving our […]

This years show at Barkarby was a good deal smaller than last years, since the weather was quite horrible. Still, there were a few good cars out.

Not far from our new flat is a beach. By a lake this has a number of the facilities you’d expect to find at a seaside.