The point

My mother showed me a Chinese treatment method she learned recently.  For my mouse shoulder (musarm,  Repetitive strain injury) she found a point on my upper back which caused most pain when pressed. She kept on pressing that point until the pain went away. Felt good.

A couple of days later I met my neighbour Ann-Marie in the laundry room. The lovely lady seemed not comfortable with her back as she could not have her back straight. She had worked too hard on grassclipping. We are good friends so she let me try my new learnt skill. I used my left hand to keep her stable, and used a knuckle of my right hand to find the point by her spine. I kept pressing that point until the pain released. She could stand straight directly. Magic. 

This new treatment method is focused on the original point which cause the pain. "The original point (原始点, Yuánshǐ diǎn)". http://yuanshidian.cn/

Åbo/Turku first visit

Why Åbo? For River Aura. 

The journey on the cruise boat from Stockholm was nice, but the arrival time at Åbo/Turku was a early 7 am. Bus No. 1 goes from the harbour to the city center. Luckily I found Fazer Café (at Auragatan 10) by Salutorget. Thanks for a very good breakfast in a comfortable and pleasant place.

The River Aura is the heart and soul of the city. Naturally we strolled along the river and were glad to see many interesting places and status. When the path on the eastside of the river was not accessible after ca 300 meter from the Cathedral we decided to visit Åbo univerity. I found a two nice hammocks in a little park in the university area for my mother and my friend for a sweet catnap :-)

Lyckily again we arrived the restaurant Tårget (at Linnankatu 3 A) before 3 pm and could enjoy a nice lunch buffet in a beautiful and pleasant place by the river. 

We followed the river back to the harbour without missing a 5-minutes return tour on the free city ferry Föri. The little orange ferry runs nonstop back and forth across the Aura River approximately 500 metres after the last bridge heading toward the mouth of th river.

I wish I had rented a little boat with electric motor. http://www.lanaturku.fi/?lang=en

A future reunion

How could I let a piece of most valued paper drop into the sea, for a later search. My brain seemed empty. Thanks Tal-Ben Shahar, we allow ourselves to be human-being.

Everything has a reason. Probably no result on searching my lost treasure before I can treat it really well. Better to prepare myself. God bless Marta. God show me the time. Thanks Marta! See you later or soon.

Bryssel Luxembourg Strasbourg Zurich first vist

1. My friend Gunter recommended Strasbourg to me efter my Berlin-weekend.
2. Strasbourg oldtown is very beautiful and small. It suits my mother. 
3. I booked the best hotel in Strasbourg with free cancellation via booking.com.
4. I checked the flight. No convenient direct flight.
5. I checked other flight alternatives, also the hotel options.
6. I bought the morning flight to Bryssel and evening flight back from Zurich.
7. I refined the dates of hotel-bookings. Communicated the best hotel for best experience.

My mother and I flew from Stockolm to Bryssel, two nights, train to Luxembourg, one night, train to Strasbourg, four nights. train to Zurich, two nights, flight back to Stockholm. Bryssel and Luxembourg are like the starts (soup and salad), Strasbourg with Regent Petite France the main course, and Zurich the dessert. :-)

Thanks Gunter. Thanks Johanna and all the friendly staff at Regent Petite France. 

• Bryssel - visit The Grand Place both during the day and in the evening.
• Luxembourg - take the Touristic train "Pétrusse Express". 
• Strasbourg - take tram D to Port du Rhin, walk over the beautiful bridge. On the way back, walk over the even more beautiful bridge "Passerelle des Deux Rives".
• Zurich -  the Golden Round Trip. The lake, the river. 

I visited these places in my mother's conditions. The last days I treated myself a little. Took a walk round about "Large island"(the old town) in the evening. Swam in the Lake Zurich and in Lake Lucerne. 

I will and believe I see the brave young lady Marta from Spain again. She was in a green dress and helped a panicking person in Lake Zurich. She is welcome to me whenever she like. I wish to treat her a nice trip in the future.

Thanks for sharing

I got a message from my friend Chee. "I need to share this with you. I am making a trip in Scotland and England. Now in beautiful Whitby. Yesterday I watched a man, 70 years old, making this drawing in the sand. He loved them both. Lily and June. Amazing crazy but beautiful would."

"Thanks! I love this old man. I love you", I said in my heart.

I replied to her, "Thanks so much for sharing such a beautiful moment. Love is great. Love is life. Enjoy. Hugs. I am walking in my neighourhood, just took a couple of pictures. Wish you all the best. Good luck."

Today I showed this picture to a couple of friends. They love it. I am sure that some of you will have the similar feeling of mine when you see this lovely picure. Thanks Chee for sharing. 

Karlstad first visit

On the way back from Oslo to Stockholm my mother and I stayed in Karlstad for 24 hours. Wonderful. I love beautiful and calm Karlstad.

We enjoyed free dinner of good qulity at Clarion Collection Hotel Drott which is located just opposite the train-station. Very convenient. Nice buildning and decoration, friendly staff.

We took a little evening walk in the city center. I let my mother take a shortcut while I went along Sandgrundsudden. After coming back to the hotel with her, I found The Old Stonebridge on the map and decided to visit it. The Old Stonebridge was closed currently but there are some other bridges nearby. I went through 8 bridges in one hour, and it was just before midnight. Very fun. 

Next day is for Karlstad by boat. We took the boat-bus 91 from Almentorget to Mariebergskogen (Karlstad's city park) through the city, took a mini-train tour in the park, visited Naturum, took a walk in the forest, picknicked, and took the boat-bus 94 back. You should be there. :-)

I like this beautiful place surrounded by clear water. I feel natur and kultur in this calm place. I saw the nice paths for walk and for bike, I saw the locals enjoyed the life. Next time I will bicycle in Karlstad. :-)

I like "Sola i Kallsta". The symbol of Karlstad, ever smiling, warm natured Eva-Lisa Holtz worked as a waitress in Karlstad in the 18th century. Her sunny disposition erned her the nickname "Sola i Kallsta" (The sun in Karlstad).

http://visitkarlstad.se/en/Travel/

http://visitkarlstad.se/en/articles-in-english/solacykeln-free-bike-hire/

http://www.karlstad.se/globalassets/karlstadsbuss/tidtabeller/batbuss-2017/batbusskarta-linjer-med-bojar-bla-bakgrund.pdf

Oslo first visit

My mother wished to see Oslo, so last weekend we visited Oslo on her conditions. Very nice.

My mother wished to see grassland. The train trip from Stockholm to Oslo took 5 hours and supplied view of both forest and grassland. :-)

I like Oslo S (Central station), because it faces the sea front. I like our rum at Comfort Hotel Børsparken, because of the nice view over the Opera house.

I like the public transport. With our 24-hours tickets we enjoyed a ride of public ferry (from platform E) in Oslo fjord, tram 18 and 19 to Ekebergpark, tram 19 and 12 to Vigelandsparken. Very convenient, also an unexpected experience. We missed the direct tram 12 to Vigelandsparken, so we took the tram 19, as I saw the end station for tram 19 is also the end station for tram 12. We were going to exchange trams. At the end station the tram number changed from 19 to 12, so we did not need to exchange trams, the tram exchanged routes. An interesting surprise. 

I walked twice on the roof of the Opera house. I went half of Oslo's Harbour Promenade. 

My mother is very satisfied and excited about this short visit, especially the short walk in the forest in Ekebergparken. :-)