Posts Tagged ‘meeting people’
Christmas that happened in June.
Christmas can happen in June, can’t it?
Read MoreA lovely day in Stromness.
‘Oh no, I don’t like it at all. I think it is terrible and I wish it will be over soon!’ She said. And I don’t know what to say….
Read MoreMeeting on Raasay, the ceilidh.
How we ended up in a family ceiligh in a bothy and had to perform on ‘stage’.
Read MoreHow to listen to a local.
What do you do when you can not understand the person in front of you when you know he speaks english.
Read MoreThe Old Man and the Sea
After a day, sheltering for the endless rain, we decide to explore the town a bit further and find ourselves a nice dinner. Dressed in our dark green rain ponchos we wander around Castlebay. We are desperate for a hot and spicy meal and walk into the Kisimul café, a small Indian restaurant with views…
Read More‘Do you know where the shipwreck is?’
A story about a little girl with a big imagination on a quest to find the shipwreck of the SS Politician after hearing the story in the pub.
Read MoreI’m a weirdo and I know it
What is that? Two kayaks are approaching the beach? Oh no, not today. He thinks back to an evening three nights ago when a couple in kayaks landed on his cleared beach. He had totally been ignored then. He’s not going to have that again! He’s going to scare them off by looking angry behind…
Read MoreForaging companionship and the taste of seaweed
“Do you know the different types of seaweed?” the guy asks, he’s one of the 14 nephews and cousins we just met. They stay in the large house for the yearly work party on the currently unpopulated island of Ensay or Easaigh in Gaelic. Standing side by side, the house and chapel shape the deep…
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