Spontanious party yesterday. Was chatting with Jessica and she asked out of the blue if i wanted to come to Växjö and party with her. Since i didnt have any excuse not going, i changed my clothes, put what i needed in my bag, jumped in my car and drove to Växjö city for a party.

To make a long story short rum, coke and caiprinihas are a recipie for a good night and boy did we have a good night.

kram kram

Walking Activity 3.00 mi | RunKeeper

Walking Activity 3.00 mi | RunKeeper

Walked bloodomloppet with my coworkers. Finished off with a picknic.

was very nice.

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226421930's RunKeeper FitnessReports | RunKeeper

Just downloaded this app to my phone, ran intervall this morning.

My plan is, if i post my results here, it will hopefully help my keep up the good work

Day off

What to do on a day off? I love the sun and right now im quite thankful it is hiding, i really need to clean my apartment, getting afraid that the dust will attack me!

The sailing was great, the weather was great, just one short rainshower, the company wonderful, the food and wine perfect so everybody was happy.

On saturday is time for next party with my coworkers. My friend has a summerhouse on Aspö, an island 30 min outside of Karlskrona and we will meet there for a BBQ. I am responsable for the food, and for starter everybody will get a nice summardrink, rosé, sparklingwater and strawberries. Main course will be grilled icelandic lamb, with ovenroasted rootvegatables and some nice sause and salad of course. For dessert im making bowls of chocolate and white chocolatmousse, served with warm summerberries.

What do you think is it a menu fit for kings?

Gothenburg

Spent my weekend in Gothenburg with amazing friends. Jessica, Max, Aske and Bella whom we met in south america. Cashing up on friday, we went to Liseberg on saturday and of course we partied a little. The drive home yesterday felt very long. And this morning it took more than 5 minutes to get up, time to face facts, im not 22 anymore.

This weekend im going sailing with Anders and other coworkers, we are picking up his sailboat in Kalmar and sailing back to Karlskrona. Well i wont be doing much sailing, mostly sitting and hoping i will survive and not getting seasick.

puss my friends

Happy Easter!!

Happy easter everyone. Today im going to a dinnerparty with the other Icelanders here. On the menu Icelandic lamb.... i know i dont have to say anything more.

On sunday there will be chocolate feast, after work of course, its not fair towards the others if i eat my lovelyful Icelandic chocolate easteregg, while the eat the Swedish version, mixed candy in a paperegg. Dont get me wrong i like their easteregg to, but i love the chocolateshell more.

Yesterday was (according to the calander anyhow) the first day of summer in Iceland, lets just say that i enjoyed the sun for you. Summer and winter meet and froze together and well if you believe the old folktale then thats a good sign, the summer will be good.

Kram kram from a sunny Karlskrona

Spring? Been in Iceland for a week and it started snowing and there was snow the whole week, i thought that spring was just around the corner. It made me uncontrollably happy when i came home last night to see that there was not a snowflake in sight here and the air is warmer. Helga was christening her baby girl and her name is Anna Kristín, named after me and Runa. I thought Helga would be creative and give Anna Kristín a name that has not been in the family before but apperantly we mean so much to her. I have to admit it was a very pleasant surprice, and it was difficult to keep the tears away, think i managed to hide it for almost everybody. My cousin Inga Rún was compeeting in gymnastics yesterday and her group came in 2nd place so she is on her way to the Nordic Championship later this year, I am so PROUD of her. I hope i can get a change to go there and watch her. I tought Jonas, my sisters youngest a swedish word this week:) when i say puss he comes and gives me a kiss, its so sweet.

Whats up? I have a few ideas up my sleeve that i am working on, i dont want to tell you to much, afraid of jinxing it. But when i know some more, i will let you in on it ;) I can tell you that i sent a request to Marabou on facebook, asking to be their chocolate amassador. If i get it i will travel with them to Equador in august to the amazonas to learn about the origin of their wonderful dark chocolate. I have to blog about the experience, but that i can do. I LOVE chocolate, so be nice to our earth, its our only source of chocolate!! This week i have been teaching at work, teaching our or-nurses and orderlies to perform CPR on kids and babies, next week i will continue. And on friday i will get a vacation for one week. Will be nice, i am going to spend it with my family.

-Doris and Jess cares about the world-

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How is everybody, been a while since i wrote here. A lot has happened since last time.
Helga gave birth to a beautiful babygirl on feb 15. I will go to Iceland in april to meet everybody and finally hear what to call little Doris, allthough she will always be little Doris to me.
Sometimes i wonder if i should just move to a desert island, no complications, just me and the nature.
I dont know, i feel restless, i want to do something new, but thats no news to those who know me, any ideas?
kram kram

Took a step closer to my newyears resolution today. I called the folkuniversity here in Karlskrona asking about wich level i should choose for my spanish lessons. They will send a test home for me to take. Classes start in 2 weeks.
My newyears resolution is to keep learning spanish and hopefully speak it fluently. Why stop now, i think i have a good base to work from.

Otherwise life is getting back to normal if anything is normal!!

In about a month Helga will have her baby and i will be a aunt again, so i have planned to go to Iceland in april to meet my family and continue doing what i do best, spoil my little niece and nephews.

My last night in Cusco

Today i treated myself with a massage, i got an incamassage, a combination of therapymassage and stonemassage. It took over a hour and it only cost 175 SEK/ 3000 ISK. I dont know where i could find that price at home?
Tonight i am going to a nice restaurant called Fallen angel, some of the tables are bathtubs filled with fishes and of course a glass so you can watch the fishes while you enjoy your dinner. After dinner the plan is to go to a openingparty at Wild Rover hostel here in Cusco, a group of Irish guys just opened a hostel here, they have one in La Paz, Bolivia, from what i have heard its a very popular hostel.

Tomorrow at 15:05 i leave Cusco for Lima, at 20:10 i leave Lima for Madrid. On sunday i will arrive to Madrid and spend a day there if it is possible to land, i just read in the news that many airports in europe are closed because of the snow. If all goes well i leave Madrid on monday for Copenhagen and should be home in Karlskrona somewhere around 20-21, all depending on SJ´s ability to take me home.

I will miss Cusco and my friends here, but i look forward to meet all my wonderful friends in Karlskrona aswell.

Hasta luego

PARAGLIDING.....

Tried to go paragliding today but the weather was not on my side. We left Cusco at 9 in the morning and drove to Chincheros for the take off site. We were just 2 people, me and Colin from Ireland. The pilot desided that Colin would go first, but we had to wait for a better conditions. So we sat down and waited and waited some more. At 11:45 Colin and Edgar took off and glided through the air. When they came back the wind had settled a little so we have to wait a little more for my turn. I dont know if it was a hint from my mum (she was not all too happy about me paragliding) or maybe it was Caroline it started to rain, and then it rained some more. Eventually it stopped raining and what happened then, you guessed right there was no more wind, how is that possible on a mountain? So no paragliding for me. I have looked at the weatherforecast for the next 2 days and well its going to rain so I will just have to try paragliding some other time.

Instead I am going to drive a ATV-motorbike tomorrow in the morning, For those of you who worry at least I will be on the ground;-)

Hasta luego

My last days

Spending my last days just relaxing and enjoying myself. Went shopping yesterday, stopped by the cocashop next to my house and guess what, all products made from the cocaleave i can bring home with me, its just the actual cocaleave i cant bring home with me. Like they say in the Coca shop Coca Si, Cocaina No!!! They have got a point dont they.

Wondering if i should treat myself with a massage, manicure and pedicure before i go home.

La ultima semana

Yesterday was my last day of both work and spanish. Its strange how fast time has gone.
I have been comparing the system here and at home. Like if you need antibiotics injection at home, well you usually lie in the hospital for a few days and all medicine are provided. Here if the doctor thinks you should get antibiotics for 7 days, well you buy the antibiotics, sterile water to prepare it, syringes and needles. This the patients bring with them for 7 days, and pay 1 sol everytime for the application. Maybe this is how we could fix the finances for the hospital at home?
I was wrong about the peadiatrics, the do have prizes for the kids, they just didnt have any now.
Here malnutrition and anemia are a huge problem with kids. In Cucso alone about 50% of the kids suffer from malnutrition or/and anemia. Yesterday a women came in with her 2 boys for check up, and the older one (about 3 years old) didnt even have underwear, it really breaks my heart to see that side of poverty.

My last week has begun, now i am just going to relax, do what i feel like. Maybe do a little shopping and who knows what adventure lies around the corner.

Peadiatrics

Went to work today for the first time this week, the foodpoisoning got the best of me. I am better now, have been eating antibiotics since tuesday. Yesterday was a catholic church holiday so i got the day off and went horsebackriding instead. It was so great 4 hours climbing the Andes and all i had to do was keep myself on the horse and enjoy the ride.

Today i started in peadiatrics. Its like a reception, we measure height, weight and do all controls needed like the size of the head, coordination, do they know the colors, balance etc. and the pore things get their vaccination as well. Saw a 9 days old girl today, the pore thing was wrapped in 3 woolblankets, no homeservice here, like i know is in Iceland, dont know how it is in Sweden though. Here the mothers come for the first control with their babies 2 days after discharge from the hospital, then 7 days after birth, 15 days after birth and then 1 month control etc. I took a pic of their schedule and will put it on facebook later.
I almost felt ashamed of all the things we have att home. Like when kids come to the OR in Karlskrona we give them diplomas and stickers and if they are really sad they get a teddybear (is the same for the ER and ambulance). Today a 4 year old was getting his vaccination and of course he was sad after the injection, i mean who isnt. And its just jaja the pain will go away. No prize for being a good boy. It broke my heart.

Tomorrow is my last day of work and spanishclass. Next week i am planning of having a good time, maybe try some adventures. Still havnt tried paragliding so who knows what next week brings.

Foodpoisoning is no fun...

Got foodpoisoning on saturday, was no fun i can tell you. Was planning on going out to party but was feeling strange so i decided to stay at home instead. Good thing i did, att 1 am my body did not want to keep that food inside anymore. The rest of the night i spent in the bathroom. Sunday i slept, watched a little tv, slept some more and thats how i spent my day, just lying in bed. Trying to drink and eat a little, witch didnt go so well. Today i was feeling weak and dizzy when i woke up so i didnt go to work, i have fever but thats nothing a little paracetamol cant fix. So now i am going to my spanish class, with extra paracetamol in my pocket.

Wednesday is a catholichreligious holiday here so i dont have to work, if i am well enough i am thinking about going to the sacred valley and try paragliding. It is tandem, and everybody says its safe, i hope it is....

Trouble with the law?

The last 3 days a cop has been my patient at the clinic. The first day he was in civil clothes so i didnt know he was a cop. Day 2 he comes in uniform and with his huge german shepard. The dog stood in the doorway and watched as i gave injection to his master. I wondered if the dog would attack me if i didnt do a good job. Today he came with a collegue, d0 you think i would have been arrested if i didnt do a good job? Now he has finished his treatment so the pressure is off =)

I am hoping that next week i can see something else than just topico at the clinic. I will know tomorrow if i can be in peadiatrics next week. Even if it is just for a day or two its fun to see something else.

Solving problems anyone!

This morning when i was in the taxi on my way to work one small taxi (size austin mini) had broken down a little further up the street and was blocking the road. Well not so good when everybody is on their way to work so what happened? Five or six men jumped out of the cars infront of my taxi and lifted the small taxi out of the way so the other cars could drive round it. Thats what i call solving problems:-)

There are so many illegal taxis here, many who charge gringo/a price to tourist. On my way home from work the police was doing a raid among taxidrivers to see if the had all papers in order. Of course my taxi was stopped and luckily for me he had all papers in order so we could continue. I wonder what would have happened if he hadnt, would i have to get out there in the middle of the street and wait for a new taxi, i hope i dont have to find out.

Started my third week at the Clinic today, where did the time go, i have allready worked there for 2 weeks. Soon i will be home in the snow.

Went to a local foodmarket today, called gastronomica, only Peruvian food. Lots of stands where locals cook and sell their food. I was the only tourist, dont know why, to me this is a wonderful tourist attraction, well at least for foodlovers. The guinea pig is a local delicassy, i havnt tried it, but who knows!!

I had chicken and rice and it was so good. My company had baby goat with mash and rice and well it was nice, actually quite good.

If i get sick from eating there, well it was totally worth it, the food was so good and it was a fun experience.