11 november 2008

Det går fremad/Progress

Nu drossler jeg ned for vinteren. Der mangler selvfølgelig stadig en del, men det er mere beboeligt nu. Det er imidlertid svært at føle sig hjemme. Måske fordi det har været utroligt hårdt, måske fordi at det er svært at flytte fra noget nyt til noget gammelt, måske fordi tingene skal have sin tid til at falde på plads. Sidste gang havde jeg jo ikke engang tid til at tænke over, at jeg var flyttet, men Max er faldet til og synes godt tilfreds. Du kan se det ændrede hus på linket "Viby". Jeg har valgt et almindeligt album, da nogle af jer har haft problemer med mine flip album.

I throttle down for the winter. There are of course still things to be done, but it is more like a home now, however I do not feel at home properly. Maybe because it has been such a tough time, maybe because moving fra new to old is not as easy as the opposite or maybe because it takes some time to settle down. Last time I did not even have the time to realize that I had moved, but Max has settled down and seems quite content. You can see the changed house on the link "Viby". I have chosen an ordinary album, as some of you have had difficulties watching my flip albums.

16 september 2008

Kaos

Så er jeg flyttet ind - det er og har været værre end forventet. Jeg har aldrig i mit liv levet i så meget skidt og rod. Håndværkerne er endnu ikke helt færdige, og jeg er heller ikke færdig med at male, så jeg kan komme på plads. Der sker selvfølgelig lidt hele tiden, men der har været mange kedelige oplevelser undervejs. Jeg er dog ikke i tvivl om, at beslutningen har været rigtig med de tider, som vi går imøde. Jeg kan nu selv styre mine udgifter og er ikke underlagt andres mangel på økonomisk indsigt. På linket Viby2 kan I se, hvordan alle køkken-, bryggers- og entreelementer fyldte i min stue samt efterfølgende alle mine ting, som bare flyder over det hele - jeg føler, at jeg har fået mindre plads trods det modsatte er tilfældet. Mine hjælpsomme venner mente, at jeg har samlet alt for meget - desværre er jeg nødt til at give dem ret.

En speciel tak til Betina og Frank, som har brugt mange timer på at hjælpe mig - og til Lisbeth, som også har givet et par dage af sin tid. Også tak til Claus, Jette og Ole for hjælpen med at flytte og til Claus for hans hjælp og support efterfølgende.

I moved in and it is and has been worse than expected. I'd never lived with so much dirt and mess in all my entire life. The workmen are not completely finish and I have not finished painting the walls so I can arrange the furniture. Of course things proceed a little all the time but there have been many bad incidents along the way, however I do not doubt that my decision is the right one considering the depression that we are facing. I am now able to control my expenses and are not subject to other people lack of economic knowledge. On the link Viby2 you can see how much space the equipment for my kitchen, utility room and entrance hall took up in my sitting room and afterwards all my stuff, which is all over the entire house. I feel that I have got less room inspite of the fact that the opposite is the case. My kind friends are of the opinion that I save too many belongings - unfortunately I must agree.

I owe Betina and Frank a special thank you for the many hours of help - also Lisbeth, who has given a couple of days of her time. Thank you also to Claus, Jette and Ole for the help with moving my stuff and to Claus for his help and support afterwards.

12 august 2008

Gæstebog/guestbook

Jeg er gået tilbage til det gratisprogrammet for gæstbogen. Tak til min kollega Jane for lån af hendes betalte brugerkonto mens jeg var ude at rejse.

I am back to the use of the free programme for the guestbook. Thanks to my collegue Jane for lending me her paid user account while I was travelling.

Deadline 1 september

Så er jeg tæt på målet men der er meget som skal nås forinden. Jeg er godt nok ved at gå død på opgaven. Det har været nogle frygtelige måneder og p.t. er jeg tilbage på arbejdet, så det der skal laves, skal laves efter fyraften. Du kan klikke på Viby og se den indvendige renovering, som har pågået i mellemtiden.

I am close to target but a lot has to be done beforehand. I am reaching deadlock with this task.
It has been some terrible months and now I am back at work, which means that everything that has to be done, must be done in the evening. Click on Viby and see the inside renovation, which has been done so far.

16 juli 2008

Som I vil kunne se ved at klikke på linket have, så laver jeg også en masse havearbejde. 2 weekender i træk måtte jeg på genbrugsstationen 8 gange med en fyldt trailer med haveaffald,
men det var endda ikke første gang. Jeg havde allerede været afsted med affald fra bl.a. køkken og bryggers. Lige nu er der ved at blive lavet klar til mit nye skur i baghaven.

As you'll see using the link "garden" to your left, at I also do a lot of gardening. 2 weekends in a row I had to drive 8 times to the recycling receiving area near by with a trailer loaded with garden refuse (yard waste), but that was not the only time. Before then I had already been there with a lot of waste including my old kitchen and cupboards from the utility room. At the moment preparation are made for my new shed in the back garden.

07 juli 2008

Modernisering/renovation

Se mit hus, som det ser ud lige nu .... klik på Viby til højre

See my house as it looks right now..... click on Viby to your right

Kort/briefly

Jeg forsøger i al hast at lægge nogle billeder op fra mine rejser i foråret. Det bliver lidt sporadisk, da jeg jo er igang med at istandsætte mit nye hjem, men jeg forsøger at gøre det løbende, så hav lidt tålmodighed. Billederne forsvandt jo med den side, som jeg i sin tid havde oprettet i forbindelse med rejseriet. Jeg vil forsøge at sætte dem i rækkefølge, da de på nuværende tidspunkt er i tilfældig orden. Dobbelklik på billederne, når du er inde i albummet, så får du dem i stort format.

I am trying in a quick manner to upload pictures from my travels this spring. It will be a little sporadic, as I am having my new home renovated, but I try to do this on a running basis, so please be a little patient. The pictures disappeared, as you may recall, with the homepage I made for my travelling purpose. I shall try to organize the pictures, at they are not in the right order at the moment. Double click on the pictures, when you are inside the album and you'll get them in a larger format.

09 maj 2008

Pause/Break

Der vil blive en pause i skriverierne på bloggen her i sommer bl.a. grundet det hus, som jeg har købt. Jeg lægger snart et billede op af huset.
Jeg satser dog på at rejse til England til august, hvis alt går efter planen.

There will be a break in my writing on this blog this summer among other thing due the house I bought. I'll upload a picture of the house soon.
Anyway I intend to go to England in August, if everything works out the way I planned.

13 april 2008

Beijing

Det ser ud som om jeg kan komme til at skrive paa min blog alligevel, men ingen billeder. Jeg kunne jo risikere at sende negative ting ud om Kina. Jeg kan imidlertid ikke faa lov til at se min side herfra andet end redigeringen. Jeg er i en ny og anderledes verden igen helt forskellig fra Shanghai.

Jeg har faaet set alle sevaerdighederne i kinesertempo og jeg har overlevet ogsaa menneskemaengden og trafikken taget i betragtning. Jeg ser frem til at sige farvel til stenansigterne med den kummerlige tilvaerelse. Det har vaeret en laererig oplevelse.

Vi ses!!!!!

It looks as if I can write to my blog but no pictures. I might show China from a negative side. I am obviously not allowed to see my blog only for editing. I am in a new and strange world completely different to Shanghai.

I have seen all the important places with the speed of a Chinesee and I did survieve also considering the amount of people and the traffic. I look forward to saying goodbye to the stone faces and their poor living conditions. This has been a teaching event.

See you soon!!!!

10 april 2008

Shanghai

En forfaerdelig by. Snydt 2 gange igaar. Foerst af en skopudser, som bare smurte skocreme paa min ene sko, saa jeg var noedt til at faa dem pudset og forlangte saa 100 Yen = ca. 75 kroner. Hun fik nu kun 40 Yen, fordi der stod nogen og saa paa ellers havde hun faaet et skub. Anden snydepels var en "venlig" kineser, som sagde at han var kunstlaerer og ville vise mig galleriet, som udstillede i kajen. Jeg sagde paent maaske senere, men selvfoelgelig var det sidste dag og det var lige ved at lukke, men da det var gratis, saa taenkte jeg ok. Han ville selvfoelige saelge noget, men nej tak jeg var ikke lige til den slags billeder. Naa men saa kunne vi maaske drikke lidt te sammen - og hvorfor ikke, hvorefter han foerte mig til et tehus, som selvfoelgelig solgte te til en horribel pris. Jeg spurgte om han kendte dem i tehuset, men nej det gjorde han selvfoelgelig ikke, og selvom jeg viste, at jeg blev snydt, saa foelte jeg mig presset til at koebe en daase te, som jeg betalte 200 Yen for = ca. kr. 150. Det er simpelthen et forfaerdelig folkefaerd, men der er jo ogsaa saa mange, og de skal alle overleve.

Da jeg ankom for 2 dage siden vaeltede regnen ned og det var koldt - en voldsom omvaeltning fra Hong Kong. Igaar det det dog toervejr men det begyndte at storme sidst paa dagen. Idag har det vaeret fint og varmt hele dagen, men det er en meget anderledes verden, og saa taler de saa at sige ikke engelsk, og dem som goer, er saa daarlige, at de ikke er til at forstaa.

One terrible town. Cheated twice yesterday. First by a shoe cleaner, who just smeared shoe shine grease on one of my shoes, so I had to have them cleaned and then she demanded 100 Yen = pound 10. She only got 40 Yen because there were people around otherwise I would have pushed her. The other cheater was a "friendly" chineese guy, who said he was a teacher of art and wanted me to see the gallery on the pier. I said nicely maybe later, but of course it was the last day and the gallery was about to close, but as it was free I thought ok. He did want to sell of course, but no thank you I did not fancy that kind of pictures. Well then he suggested that we could drink tea together - and why not, after which he lead me to a tea house, which of course was selling tea at horrible prices. I asked him if he knew the people in the tea house, but of course he did not, and even I knew that I was being cheated, I felt forced to buy a can of tea, which costed me 200 Yen = about pound 20. They are simply terrible those chineese people, but there are also so many and they all got to survieve.

When I arrived 2 days ago the rain was pouring down and it was cold - quite different from Hong Kong. Yesterday it did not rain, but a storm was coming up in the afternoon. Today however the weather has been nice and warm all day, but it is quite a different world and they hardly speak any English and the people who do are almost impossible to understand.

07 april 2008

Hong Kong sidste dag/last day

Jeg foeler mig som midt i en myretue. Kontrasterne er store. Jeg er helt flad her til aften - jeg naaede at gaa 6 km paa det dumme bjerg. Foerst 3 km ned med haabet om at kunne peake den fantastiske udsigt. Saa 3 km op igen - jeg lignede en som havde vaeret i bad. I dag skal de sidste indkoeb naaes i aften - ingen synes at sove her. Der virker som om der er aabent doegnet rundt. Jeg har ogsaa gaaet meget i dag - vaeret paa jademarked, set et tempel og vaeret baade i Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center samt oppe i Hong Kongs hoejeste bygning (55 etager) - godt der ikke var nogen terrorister paa spil.

I feel like I am in the middle of a lot of ants. There are big contrasts here. I am all worn out tonight - I managed to walk 6 km on that stupid mountain. First 3 km down hoping to be able to peake the fantastic view. Then 3 km up again - I looked like one, who was coming out of the bath. Today I have to make the last shoppings - no one seems to sleep here. It is as if the shops stay open around the clock. Today I have also done a lot of walking - the jade market, a temple, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center and the highest building in Hong Kong (55 storages) - glad no terrorists were around.

06 april 2008

Hong Kong

Jeg ankom til Hong Kong igaar kl. 11 i 25 graders varme.
Puh det er ikke blevet koldere siden - jeg vil tro, at det
snarere er omkring de 30 grader og fugtigheden er enorm.
Jeg er imponeret over stedet. Jeg staar oppe paa the Peak
paa Hong Kong Island omkring 1 km over havet og skriver
dette (gratis). Kineserne er hurtige, effektive og meget hoeflige
men ikke mindst utrolig dygtige. Jeg er sikker paa, at
fremtiden ligger i Kina. Naa men her kan jeg ikke komme af med
mine billeder. Jeg har allerede baade vaeret paa natmarket
i Temple Street, sightseeing med de lokale dobbeldaekkerbusser
og sejlet over fra Kowloon til Hong Kong Island. I aften skal jeg
en tur rundt i bugten med en rundtursbaad.

I arrived in Hong Kong yesterday at 11 am in 25 degrees heat
and it has got any colder since - it is more like 30 degrees now
and the humidity is high. I am impressed about the place. Right
now I am on the Peak on Hong Kong Island about 1 km above
the sea while I am writing this (for free). The chinesee are fast,
effecient and very polite and unbelievable clever. I am sure
the future lies with China. Well, unfortunately I cannot put my
pictures up here. I have already been both to the night market
in Temple St., sightseeing on top of the local double decker busses
and been sailing across from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island.
Tonight I am going on a tour in the bay with a ferry.

27 marts 2008

Et nyt hjem/a new home

Hurra, jeg fandt mig et hus mens jeg lige var hjemme. Det skal allerede overtages 1 juni og jeg flytter omkring 1 august - puh ha, det går lidt stærkt nogle gange, men nu kunne jeg heller ikke holde andelsboligforeningen ud længere. Det er frygteligt, når uudannede mennesker forsøger at styre noget, som de ikke rigtig har forstand på. Jeg tror, at jeg har gjort det helt rigtige, og jeg glæder mig.

Hurray I found myself a house while I was home for at short notice. It is for possessioning already on June 1st and I move there around August 1st - well some times it goes a little too fast for me, but I really couldn't stand the multi-ownership society that I am a member of any longer. It is awful when uneducated people temp to run something that they do not know anything about. I think that I have done the right thing and I am very much looking forward to it.

22 marts 2008

Kort fra Almunecar/Briefly from Almunecar

Vejret er blevet meget skiftende i loebet af dagen. Det er straalende om formiddagen men ret koeligt om aftenen. Se blot mine billeder.

The weather is changing a lot through the day. Sunny and warm in the morning but rather chilly in the afternoon. Just look at my pictures.

19 marts 2008

Almunecar

Jeg ankom mandag til Malaga, hvor jeg blev afhentet. Jeg bor i Almunecar ca. 1 times koersel fra Malaga. Vejret er fint og solrigt hver dag og temperaturen ca. 22-23 grader. Jeg slapper af (tro det eller ej), men i morgen tager vi paa tur til drypstenhulerne en times koersel herfra. Du kan se lidt billeder, hvis du kigger i mit album.

I arrived Monday in Malaga, where I was picked up. I live in Almuncar about 1 hour´s drive from Malaga. The weather is fine and the sun is shinning every day - the temperature is about 22-23 degrees. I relax (believe it or not) but tomorrow morning we are going on a trip to some caves (I don´t know the english word for these underground caves, but will look it up later) about an hours drive from here. You can see some pictures if you look in my album.

04 marts 2008

E-mails

Jeg har lige læst, at det koster kr. 55 for at sende en MB data fra Spanien, så der bliver vist ikke sendt meget til min blog hvis overhovedet noget fra min mobiltelefon. Vær sød ikke at ringe med mindre det er vigtigt, men du er velkommen til at sende SMS'er. Du kan ikke indtale besked på min mobilsvarer mens jeg er væk.

I just read that one MB data costs DKK 55 from Spain. I reckon that I shall not be sending very many emails to my blog if any from my cellphone. Don't try to call me unless it is an emergency, but SMS is okay. You will not be able to leave a message on my answering machine while I am away.

10 februar 2008

Info

Læg mærke til at du kan skrive et kommentar til de enkelte indlæg eller sende mig eller en anden person en privat mail i forbindelse med indlægget. Vær sød også at skrive i gæstebogen, som du finder ved at klikke på linket i højre side.

Please note that you may write a comment in connection with the individual sections or you can send me or another individual a private mail related to the section in question. Please also write
to me in my guestbook, which you will find by hiting the link to your right.

09 februar 2008

Så fandt jeg endelig ud af det/Finally I succeeded

Hvis I undrer jer over at se min bil på siden, så er det fordi at jeg forsøger mig frem inden jeg skal rejse. Det er nu lykkedes mig at sende et billede af min bil fra min mobiltelefon direkte til
bloggen - dette er jo smart, når jeg er på farten og lige vil vise/skrive et indlæg om en oplevelse.
Næste problem er så, kan jeg vende billedet efterfølgende eller kan jeg kun vende mobilen en vej, når jeg tager billeder til bloggen? P.S. Billedet af bilen er taget, da den skulle have vinterdæk på.

If you wonder why you see my car on this blog, it is due to the tests I make before I go abroad. I succeeded to mail a photo of my car from my cell phone directly to my blog - this is something, which I can use when I am travelling and want to show/write a note about an event. Next problem is, whether I can turn the photo afterwards or there is only one way to turn the cell phone, when I am taking photos to the blog? P.S. The photo of the car was taken when the winter tires were mounted.

Min bil fra min mobil/my car from my cell phone

05 februar 2008

Kina/China

Jeg rejser til Kina 4 april. Jeg skal først til Hong Kong derefter til Shanghai og til sidst Beijing. Man skal jo rejse, mens man kan og inden verden forandrer sig så meget, at den er mere eller mindre ens alle vegne. Jeg snupper turen helt alene, da jeg ikke kan vente på, at der er nogen, som har tid eller råd til at rejse med. Tænk på, at dette kunne betyde, at jeg slet ikke kom afsted. Jeg satte mig jo nogle mål for et par år siden, og dem forfølger jeg, så godt jeg kan. Denne tur vil selvfølgelig også blive fulgt op med billeder og lidt om de oplevelser jeg får.

I am going to China on April 4th. First I'll stay in Hong Kong and afterwards proceed to Shanghai. My journey will end in Beijing. One has to go before the world changes so much that it is almost the same everywhere. I am going all by myself, as I cannot wait for someone to have either the time or the money to go with me. Just imagine that I would not go at all then. I made some objectives a couple of years ago, which I shall persue to the best of my ability. This trip will of course will be completed with pictures and notes of my events.

01 februar 2008

Spanien/Spain

Jeg rejser til Spanien 17 - 23 marts. Hvis jeg ellers kan finde ud af, at få lagt billeder ind på denne side, mens jeg er dernede, så kunne det være lidt spændende, men ellers vil de komme efterfølgende. Jeg skal bo hos Bent (min mors fætter) og hans kone Birgit, som har lejet en lejlighed i en måned ikke så langt fra Malaga. Birgit har fortalt mig, at der i påsken sikkert vil være en masse festligheder, da de jo er meget religiøse.

I am going to Spain on the 17th March and shall be staying until the 23rd. It would be quite exiting, if I can find out how to upload pictures to this blog while I am there, but otherwise I'll do it when I am back. I am staying with Bent (a cousin of my mum) and his wife Birgit, who have rented a flat for a month not so far from Malaga. Birgit has told me that during Easter a lot of events will probably take place, because people in Spain are very religious.