The first Saturday on my vacation I went with my sister, her husband and their daughter to an island off the coast of Blekinge, Hanö. It's a small island with a dry and stony landscape, where the wind is always blowing. We went on a guided tour of the lighthouse at the top (about 60 meters above sea level). It was a nice excursion. On the way back to the summerhouse we stopped for a large icecream in Åhus.
Tuesday last week I had to go back to work temporarily. The language library delivered 160 boxes with journals to our storage, and I was there to open doors and give advice. This time they had hired a moving company to get the boxes in and then the faculty library staff did the shelving. It was raining very much so the floor got wet but apart from that it went well. I kept busy shelving other books and searching for books suitable for an upcoming exhibit. In the afternoon I returned to the summerhouse.
I was all alone the first week, since the others were in Borås. I spent my days driving around the area of northeastern and eastern Skåne, visiting lunch restaurants, cafes, icecream places, antique book shops, flea markets, thrift stores, consignment stores and malls. So far I have bought a nightgown, a blouse, a top, a cardigan, a scarf and many books for the library. One day I also went to my birth town cemetery to spray some of the gravestones to get rid of the moss and lichen. It has been very nice to be on vacation at this time, when most others are working. The number of tourists everywhere has gone down dramatically.
This Tuesday I returned home to do laundry and because I had to hand my car in for the annual service. This evening I will return to the east coast again.
