First, I want to recommend this video, a 13 min documentary of what is currently going on inside Swedish pig farms. If you seriously believe that Sweden is an animal welfare country of if you don't yet know the life of a pig before it ends up on your plate, just watch it. It's not nice, but the truth isn't always nice. Do you choose the red or the blue pill? :)
I'm currently sitting in the kitchen with Shadow in my lap, and he's so excited about all the attention he gets that he is drizzling on the computer. Sweet cats, how boring life would be without you.
I spent the weekend in London and Brighton with my favourite (and only) sister. As expected, it was quite different from the previous weekend in these two cities, with Claes. We met at a hostel halfway between Heathrow and central London, and as I got there some ten minutes before Karin, I was literally dragged into the hostel pub by a nice man who then spent the night buying drinks for my sister and me. I'm still not sure what was in it for him, but we didn't mind.
The next morning we got up in a reasonable time and went to Trafalgar Square to see the environment exhibition there. Huge tree trunks from dead rainforest trees are on display to remind people to act not to save the environment. Some of those trees are taller than the Nelson's Column at the square! Amazing. We walked around for a while and took the required touristy pictures, and then headed for the next touristy place - Camden. Of course :) I don't quite know when I'll use the wonderful black dress I bought, but I just couldn't resist it. Wacken maybe. Next time you go to Camden, don't forget to visit the health food store just opposite the underground station, they have a great variety of tofu, soysages, soyghurt etc.
At the ghost forest exhibition
Yep, I'm a tourist, and I'm proud of it!
Apart from Camden, we also experienced something typically British there - heavy rain. My umbrella got thrashed by the wind in a particularly stormy rain two weeks ago but my intelligent sister had brought one. Good for me. We were constantly surprised by how much time we still had left before the train back to Brighton, but eventually we went to Victoria to get in time for Katie's flat warming party, which was really nice. People here are so sweet and welcoming.
Yesterday Marcel brought his copy of Vegetarian Brighton to work, so I can find new places to eat. But since I didn't have that Sunday morning (noonish) when Karin and I went into town, we went to an old favourite - wai kika moo kau, where I had lunch with Sascha some weeks ago. We also explored North Laine, however without finding the beads store I've visited before - I really have to get a new map. Although Brighton is small, I can't always find things I've seen before. When we went down to the seafront and walked towards the pier, we got caought in another rain storm. That will probably be my sister's lasting memory of Brighton, and it is true. I think it's been raining more or less every day since I got here. But today I managed to get home in a short break between the rains - those are the small things in life that makes me happy. Actually I'm not feeling that well today, I've had a serious headache all the day and every time I bend forward to get something I feel like I'm about to faint. And it seems like this text is getting more and more confused as well, my thoughts are jumping around...
Anyway, I'm looking forward to a weekend in Brighton + London with Alex, and then I'll give you the third version of these cities, my new homes.
Take care. Don't forget the pigs.
Ett liv som gris from Djurrättsalliansen on Vimeo.
And my applause to the great people who have spent more than two years documenting this. It is not one case scenarios...I'm currently sitting in the kitchen with Shadow in my lap, and he's so excited about all the attention he gets that he is drizzling on the computer. Sweet cats, how boring life would be without you.
I spent the weekend in London and Brighton with my favourite (and only) sister. As expected, it was quite different from the previous weekend in these two cities, with Claes. We met at a hostel halfway between Heathrow and central London, and as I got there some ten minutes before Karin, I was literally dragged into the hostel pub by a nice man who then spent the night buying drinks for my sister and me. I'm still not sure what was in it for him, but we didn't mind.
The next morning we got up in a reasonable time and went to Trafalgar Square to see the environment exhibition there. Huge tree trunks from dead rainforest trees are on display to remind people to act not to save the environment. Some of those trees are taller than the Nelson's Column at the square! Amazing. We walked around for a while and took the required touristy pictures, and then headed for the next touristy place - Camden. Of course :) I don't quite know when I'll use the wonderful black dress I bought, but I just couldn't resist it. Wacken maybe. Next time you go to Camden, don't forget to visit the health food store just opposite the underground station, they have a great variety of tofu, soysages, soyghurt etc.
At the ghost forest exhibition
Yep, I'm a tourist, and I'm proud of it!Apart from Camden, we also experienced something typically British there - heavy rain. My umbrella got thrashed by the wind in a particularly stormy rain two weeks ago but my intelligent sister had brought one. Good for me. We were constantly surprised by how much time we still had left before the train back to Brighton, but eventually we went to Victoria to get in time for Katie's flat warming party, which was really nice. People here are so sweet and welcoming.
Yesterday Marcel brought his copy of Vegetarian Brighton to work, so I can find new places to eat. But since I didn't have that Sunday morning (noonish) when Karin and I went into town, we went to an old favourite - wai kika moo kau, where I had lunch with Sascha some weeks ago. We also explored North Laine, however without finding the beads store I've visited before - I really have to get a new map. Although Brighton is small, I can't always find things I've seen before. When we went down to the seafront and walked towards the pier, we got caought in another rain storm. That will probably be my sister's lasting memory of Brighton, and it is true. I think it's been raining more or less every day since I got here. But today I managed to get home in a short break between the rains - those are the small things in life that makes me happy. Actually I'm not feeling that well today, I've had a serious headache all the day and every time I bend forward to get something I feel like I'm about to faint. And it seems like this text is getting more and more confused as well, my thoughts are jumping around...
Anyway, I'm looking forward to a weekend in Brighton + London with Alex, and then I'll give you the third version of these cities, my new homes.
Take care. Don't forget the pigs.
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