Chicago & San Francisco

I managed to have a 2 day 'layover' in Chicago on my way to a conference in San Francisco. It was so great to be able to see friends and my brother. Friday night we went to wrigleyville area and had a champange and beer (yep!) and my Saturday was packed with lots of fun stuff. I played floorball with the Swedish girls, had lunch at the Globe while watching the Swedish World Cup qualifying game with my brother and some other Swedes. The weather was just amazing (sunny and warm early fall weather) and we sat outside on a patio most of the day. Sunday I had to go to San Francisco and had a full day of meetings. The next two days were pretty much exactly the same, long meetings and then a couple of minutes left over before dinner to go shopping. For some reason since I have been away from the US for about 2 months, I feel that I have to shop like a crazy person when I am there since the dollar is so cheap. It was great to see my colleges but I was so exhausted and jetlagged when I was heading home.

Mari & Janne fyller år!

Vi åkte upp till Goteborg en snabbis for att fira Mari och Janne. Grattis Grattis till er båda! Det var en supertrevlig kvall och våra vanner Elin och Nish som också precis flyttat till Sverige från Chicago kom också dit. Det var kul att få hora om deras erfarenhet med att flytta till Sverige och hur det går med att forsoka kanna sig hemma igen efter att ha varit bortrest så lange.

Hawaii is paradise

We went to Hawaii for a conference in end of September. The flight was crazy long and it is pretty much as far as you can go on this planet from Sweden with a 12 hour time difference, but it was so worth it. I have heard it is a nice place but this is paradise. Perfect weather and the nature is just unbelivable. We spent a day in Oahu and toured around Pearl Harbor, Waikiki beack and Diamond head and then we headed to Mauii to an over-the-top spa and hotel. I was pampered and loved it! I had to unfortunatly spend too much time doing actual work but my husband just seem to get more tan and relaxed each day. We had to unfortunatly go home at the end of the week but I really was not done with Hawaii. I feel after a week, I have not seen enough, there are more islands that I want to visit. I really hope that we can go back soon.

Amsterdam weekend in end of September

I forgot to mention that we went to Amsterdam to meet up with our friend Phil and his buddies on their euro-trip. We got there on Friday and spent the weekend at a not to shabby hostel, I did not like the whole 'musical beds' that was going on in our room but other than that I don't have to much to complain about when it comes to the hostel. I had never been there before and it was quite the experience. Kind of like a more shocking version of New Orleans, actually I probably shouldn't even compare them since people will disagree with me. I loved the canals and we did lots of touristy stuff; went to the Van Gogh museum and stared at paintings, Ann Franke's house and got really moved and sad, and took a canal boat. I am probably the only person remembering the canal boat tour since most of my friends snoozed through it.. and 8 euro nap.

What happened?

So what happened since the last blogg, have I just been home painting more furnitures or why have I not blogged for close to a month now! I am sorry! Things have been hectic and I blame work and trips, and the combo of both.. work trips. Yes, my work forced me to go work at places like Hawaii and San Francisco. Life is tough sometimes. I will have to post a separate blog for each one of those trips.