I don't know about everyone else but when I have a bit of money to spend, my first choice is Copenhagen. That city has everything for design and cool clothes and last week things were even on sale. Copenhagen is also a true cycling city as you can see from this picture at the centre of it all.

In Denmark it is also quite okay to drive over people who walk on the bike path. I only wish I could do that here in Sweden.

You can read more about cycling at Copenhagen Cycle Chic, a site which has some political details, links to local info and quite a few pictures of women riding bikes in dresses. Have to give the people what they want, I suppose. Although the section on people carrying Christmas trees on their bike is fun also.

So how does one spend a sunday when they have a slight bit of a hangover? Go to Moderna Museet, of course. I have never seen that many people there. But you can't beat an exhibition by Salvador Dali when your body is not really back to normal yet. Surrealism at it's finest.

With my new inspiration for twisted reality, I thought I should take some surrealistic pictures of Sthlm. I am very happy with them. What do you think?




Anyway, now it is CX time again. Mid-season break is finished. Let's race.

I had time for a quick trip to the Östasiatiska museum which had an exhibit on japanese traditional and modern fashion. It was okay but could have been better.

I have always been fascinated by Japan and that is first on my list if I ever can start saving money. Everything is so high-tech yet their architecture is a lot like the miminalism of scandinavia. And more contrast is obvious from their TV shows and fashion. There is just something so interesting about that place.

Anyway, enough dreaming. I am in Uppsala now and will drop by my old workplace.

Malmö Aviation was my choice as usual for making the trip up to Sthlm for the second weekend in a row. But this was the first time that they were delayed since they had to change a tire. And anyone who owns a car knows it is high season for changing tires now.

But everything was fine...de hade ett plan. And what was that? Byt planet. I thought that this was ett underbart plan because that gave me some time for a little photography. I am like a little kid when it comes to planes.


So after a reasonable delay it was time to enjoy the gourmet sandwich, wonderful coffee and warm towels that this 45 minute flight always has. Amazing! Like the good old days when flying was lux.

My CX withdrawal continues and I will not make it to Lidköping this weekend which is a shame because the track sounds great. I am going to Uppsala for a friend's thesis defence and it is great to see that she has finished after all the negative results and delays with articles. Science is usually like this, unfortunately.

So while the rest of you are hopefully taking a nice bath in the mud stream coming off of the rider in front of you, I will be hungover. But it is 'game on' for Borås and Alingsås!

Back from Stockholm now and IFK seems to have lost. Yep, time to clear the city and bring out the riot police. Having lived in Solna for 3 years, it was hard to choose a winner today. But either way I win anyway since now that football is over I can get on to following some proper sports like hockey.

Honestly, my weekly CX-withdrawal is already kicking in. I am thinking of an invasion of Denmark since their season keeps going until January. Then I think it is time for a Belgium trip to watch the masters in action. Yes, then I can delay my withdrawal until March. Good good.

I am back now from the centre and there are a few new things but mostly same old same old. And once again I notice that no one will give you any space when walking and no one is paying any attention to where they are going. It is nowhere near this bad in Göteborg...unless you are a fjortis in Nordstan.

Anyway, the only stores that really had anything were Bengans (which is better in Götet) and Pub for their designer departments. Most of the designers I like are from Denmark so coming here for shopping instead of CPH is silly. But to defend Sthlm a bit, it does have some nice parts. But I didn't happen to get to any of those today.

Fredagsmys for me has been a nice sandwich and a cake plus Idol on TV4. Maybe not quite as exciting as gluing but it will do.

It feels a bit strange to drive to Stockholm. After 7 years of living here and driving away from it all the time, even staying in a hotel feels strange. I chose Scandic Foresta which is next to Millesgården on Liiiidiiiingö because the price was great and last year's CX race was close to here. This year they moved the location but this view makes it worthwhile.


So now I am off to the centre to see what has changed since last year. I already know that the traffic is still just as bad and the constant battle between buses and little cars like mine live on...

Although what I should really do is enjoy the gorgeous sunny day and just take a walk along the water instead.