Linköping

I know Linköping isn’t much to brag about but as we had a fairly good time there and drove all the way from Gothenburg in our car to get there, I still think it’s worth mentioning in our “trips”. We stayed at a nice hotel, saw my musical favorite, Lars Winnerbäck perform live at the newly opened “Hockey-arena” Cloetta Center, in fact he opened the whole place with his gig. Pamilla lost a tooth, or actually bit it off while eating candy during the concert. That bit wasn’t very nice but everything else was. I loved it and my baby fixed that tooth when she got home.

Glasgow

“If it isn’t Scottish it’s crap Mike Myers yelled out in a classic comical sketch in “Saturday night live” a few year back, and I am bound to agree. Scotland is way nicer than its reputation. Pamilla and I had a wonderful time staying at the “Campanile Hotel” which was excellent by the way, catching a concert with Irish performer Brian McFadden at the Clyde Auditorium (also known in folks mouth as “The Armadillo” ), and visiting the local Cinemas. We saw two movies, one really good, the other so awful it was almost as we wanted the ticket fee in return.

We had another trip (by boat) to our favourite little English city in 2006, and it sure wasn’t any less entertaining this time around. In fact it was more giving actually as we got, for the very first time, the taste of “Whitley Bay”, a wonderful seaside resort just at the outskirts of Newcastle, kilometres & kilometres of beautiful sandy beaches along the coastline, explicitly unique in several ways, and, as said, breathtakingly beautiful. We stayed at the luxurious “Jury’s Inn “which definitely was a “step up” compared to “Quality Hotel” where we stayed at on our first visit to Newcastle. We also crossed the bridge over to Gateshead (which was fun), and again caught a flick at the impressive “Gate” Movie & entertainment complex. What we saw? “Failure to Launch” with Matthew McConaughey, a very nice movie.

Glasgow again, second time around, this time we stayed at a hotel pretty close to the Central Station. We shopped, wandered the streets and caught a mini-act by the McDonald Brothers at the local Virgin Record store. They sang a couple of songs and we got pictures of the whole thing. Westlife performed at The SECC  (Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre) arena and we had topnotch seats as always. A quick trip (by bus) to Edinburgh was also fitted in to our busy schedule. Beautiful castles! Lots of Candy, (fudge) and Scottish specialties (as we see it), such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, was digested, along with sugary beverages of all sorts. A nice trip
although, I probably gained a few kilos on the way. Pamilla escaped that though, looking good as always, no matter what goes through her system, she is always fit. A mystery!