Milon in Washington DC

Really, how do you pack for almost a year? Is it enough? Is it too much? The pre-packing is occupying my couch. Yes, you have to pre-pack be...

"'Goodbye' said the fox. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:  'It is only with the heart that one can see r...

I got a note in my mailbox, saying I had something to pick out at the post office (well, what's left of the post office these days, a bo...

I'm walking around, feeling some kind of out-of-body-experience. Walking between the cellar, the recycling station and my apartment , th...

It's my sister's birthday today. I wish I could buy her the world and a bit more, 'cause that's what she is worth. When I h...

After the successful day at the embassy, I found another reason to celebrate. Before heading back to Nyköping, I picked up a magazine with m...

Yesterday was the day! The going-to-the-embassy-for-a-visa-interview-day. That's right, that day finally came. I got up early in the mor...

Today, July 16, it's exactly one month left till departure . It is about time to start The Official Countdown. And no countdown without ...

In the middle of all the stress - there are some good news. I got a nice little letter - well actually, it was quite a big one - in my mailb...

What do you do, when you have a lot of things to do that you cannot really do anything about? I do not know. Do you? A teeny tiny - correc...