A Long Journey to Reach a Sustainable U.S.
My favourite used to be when my daily Swedish newspaper wrote about what other countries had written about Sweden the last week. I always thought - and still think - is it interestering to see my own country from a foreigner's point of view. Yesterday I returned from a two-week trip in California. I stayed with Swedish relatives, so maybe I haven't been as communicative with people from the outside which I usually try to be. We have been traveling around in California though, so I've been able to see some of the area. Last time I went to the U.S. was almost 30 years ago. I spent a year as an exchange student in high school in South Carolina. In the beginning of the 80's, U.S. had a lot to offer that Sweden hadn't. I remember the Baskin and Robinson ice cream, 28 flavors, which was heavenly to enjoy. The cars were incredibly comfortable, sucked gas like a growing trees on a hot summer day and purred like cats when cruising on the roads. The memory of rows of white br...