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hospital/snow/moving – action in Helsinki

  Hi everyone! I had a long weekend. On Saturday morning I finally went to the hospital to get help…     The blood tests showed I had problems with leukocytes and CPR – I got two antibiotics and something to calm down the colon. Fever’s gone but my stomach is still tense BUT almost

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images of Casablanca, Morocco

All these images were shot in September 2010                                 • These I shot yesterday. I guess this abandoned hotel in the heart of Casablanca has seen better days…              

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Merry Christmas! Happy holidays!

I’m on my way back to Casa. I should be there on Thursday but as you all know there’s a chaos in Europe because of the snow. There’s more snow in Helsinki than in Lapland! UPDATE: I made it back to Casa almost on time! Lufthansa‘s staff was REALLY nice and did their best for

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blogging break…

…I don’t know when I’ll have time to blog again…..might be next week or next year… I’m far too busy here in Helsinki right now packing and moving. We sold one place and bought another. I have a zillion papers to go trough and either archive or destroy them… Clothes, old this and that, what

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be alert when walking in Casa, Morocco

  Be alert when walking in Casa, Morocco – all the time! This is not a joke!     Shot at midday so it’s very quiet… Indicators are not used like in Europe. You have to guess where drivers are heading…     Be careful. Zebra crossing doesn’t mean nothing here! Even if I’ve almost

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WARNING to all expats moving to Casablanca, Morocco

We’ve lived in Casa soon 7 months. I have nothing good to say how housing is taken care of in this city. Owners are greedy and don’t keep their word. They are worst of all countries we’ve lived! TRUST is totally unknown word here.   What I’ve experienced corruption, nepotism are far more important than

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Picasso in Casablanca, Morocco…

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. – Pablo Picasso   We don’t grow older, we grow riper. – Pablo Picasso   Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso   People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than

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THE Social Traveler and French expats in Casa…

Last week I got a Tweet from The Social Traveler – of course we wanted to meet him! Ladies and gentlemen, THE Social Traveler! “Hi! I’m Bjorn and passionate about traveling and Social Media! Since 2006 I’ve had the luck to be working in Social Media and saw from upclose how rapidly a worldwide network

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