THE MOVE 6!

The move 6 Hello world! Finally some time to share my thaughts and adventures with you. We have moved our bodies to new zealand which is the second prettiest country in the world (after sweden, which I hold as nr 1 just to be loyal I think, it is not so great with all the cold and dark, and then when it´s finally summer it just rains and lots of mosqitos that bite) and also is great for adventures, new zealand, not sweden. We have been in christchurch (again) and walked through (again) ”cave-stream”, which is a 2 km pitch-dark cave that has waterfalls and eels inside it. It was freezin and we wore wet-suits (which there is very funny footage from, I will put some on the homepage…soon… I promise). Really. ;) It’s just something with wet-suits that makes me feel like a big baby mixed with the michelin-man and a turtle without its shell. Then we taught some classes and did a show with our teacher-friends, Shane and Ruth (they are awesome!!) and we will be with them in perth so we can do the act once more! So come by if you´re in the neighbourhood. We been 3 days in queenstown and luckely the weather was just bad enough to not go skydiving, but perfect for a visit to crazy-beutiful Lake tekapo (it is pronounced ”take-a-poo”) and we did whitewater-rafting. It is really fun and we got to wear those flattering wet-suits again. And me and Shane went up on a mountain in cabin/gondolas and the view was breath-taking. New zealand is so amazing with the mix of sunlight, turquoise, green hills and skyhigh mountains drapes in snow. It is magical and you kind of expect Frodo and Gandalf to come strolling down a hill. Mattias is a big fan and we also visited some places where they shot the ring-movies. He was VERY excited. At one point he and Shane pretended to have horses and they galopped around on a field, fighting (pretending to have swords) and they made me film them. Will try to put it on facebook later when he is sleeping. Before this trip we been to norway and it was supernice. They have a small and very friendly scene there. And I were in denmark and saw Wallmans (they are just phenomal and a pleasure to see) and we helped them with some lindy-stuf for their christmas-act, so go and see them all you lindyhoppers of the world. Mattis came late because he had a little thing to do in london. It was just a little tap-performance in ”strictly come dancing” with only about 10 million(!!!!!!!) viewers. He and a british dancer called Dougie Mills (from Tap dogs) did a Nicholas Brothes-tribute and our friend Ryan Francois choreographed it and we will put it on the homepage so you can all see how fantastic they are. We also spent a week with our good friends Bernt and Ester in Cologne, Germany. We were suppose to just relax and then teach in the weekend. I was a bit sad to leave my family (there is a lot going on now because both my father and my sisters son are having surgery and that is always a big deal, so I would have wanted to be with them) so leaving and knowing I won´t see them in 7 weeks was hard. But then, like a miracle, my mum(!) shows up in Cologne!! My eyes popped out from my head and I am still in chock that my bla-bla-bladder-mouth family succeeded in keeping it a secret since july! Ester stayed with us then and she and mum made these plans without telling me! It was great! My mum really is the best. She is both my fun best friend and also a rock to hold on to in any storm. My whole family is great; I miss you all!!! The fligth here was 26(!) hours. I don´t like thai airways anymore because the first plane was from the 70-ies and did not even have individual tv-screens! And even worse: No entertainment system!! And when I thought ”this just can´t get worse”, we find out that during this 10-hour-flight, they are showing only ONE movie!! Grrr! We had a 7 hour transfer in Bangkok and the food was fantastic and a one hour massage was 12 euro! Thats is defenetly my next vacation-goal. We been a bit cultural aswell. I saw Cats (where my friend Elin was one of the brightest shining stars) and Elvis (where elin and my friend, Martin was one of the stars, also shining brightly) and we been to the cinema to see Michael Jackson one last time. He really is one of the greatest stars of all time and it easy to forget because of how he is presented in the media. But when you see ”this is it” you forget about the weird stuff and it is so clear that he is a genius and one of a kind. I feel very inspired after seeing it and just wanna go and practise. I actually took a 3 hour-class in african dancing and it is always so rewarding to teach your body new things. Take care of eachother and yourselfes and lets all carpe diem and learn something new every day. Knus and puss/ Hannabanana and Mattias Baggins