"Peace monuments of war material" (video)

A spontaneous visit on a cultural event in Arboga turned into a funny raid. Before we knew it, Jesper and I stood in the spotlight on the stage and had all the attention from the audience. What we had attended was actually an opening ceremony with the international cultural 'top'. They had gathered to make sculptures of peace from old pieces of war material. Broken machines, weapons etc.. Amongst eminent proffesors and ministers we were asked to give a short presentation of our "journey of peace". And so we did..!

Why Statues of Liberties and sculptures of peace when all you need is a hug? ;)

You gotta watch the video until the end..!

Elin

P.S. On the pic, our dear Simon preparing us a lovely breakfast. Pancakes! :D

Increase the peace. Smile!

We had a great stay in Uppsala! A lovely mother of a nice couchsurfer took very good care of us and inspired us with her burning charisma to keep spreading joy. Hopefully many people got advantage of the outcome (above) :P

With 2000 km behind us and 4500 km ahead we've had 44 people joining us with vehicles/long boards or roller skates so far. So come on everybody! Make sure to pinpoint the right date in your calendar when we pass your city. Don't mind if you don't have any bike, you're always welcome to jog along!

"If you wait for perfect conditions,

you'll never get anything done."

Elin

Ordinary bicycle

 

Until now..

We got the advantage to have lunch with some tent-nomads. Bingo! Some swedish people who live in a tent all year round..! They were not anti the society, nor trying to affect anybody. Simply aiming for simplicity. Hopefully we'll have the chance to meet them again at their current camp in a few weeks.

We also got the advantage to try an ordinary bicycle when we left Gävle. That was a funny experience!

It always seems impossible until it's done ;)

Elin

Trying a new name

Howdy everyone :)

I'll make my best to pick out a nice variation of happenings since the last time I wrote.

While asking for filling up our water bottles Jesper and I met some sweet oldies. They were sharing a house on the countryside and were very open minded and glad. It seemed like an exceptional model of how I'd like to spend my days when I grow old.

When we reached Ljusdal a young guy joined us on his BMX. His name was Sam and I really like that name. Jesper suggested that he could call me Sam too, so for a few days I had a go on that name. With this exotic experience I might wish being called something new one day. Just for fun..

Earlier in Bollnäs we were sharing a flat of one room with nine other youths. Though their young age they were really altruistic and filled our hearts with delight for many days. :)

Let there be Peace on Earth

and Let it Begin with Me

Elin

I AM

Elisabet Sahtuoris, evolutionary biologist: "What's the most important meditation we can do now?"

Dalai Lama: "Critical thinking followed by action. Discern what the world is, notice the plot, the scenario of this human drama and then figure out where your talent might fit in to make a better world. And each of us must do something that makes our heart sing, because no one wanna do it with us if we're not passionate and inspired."

Howard Zinn: "Every word you order to another human being has an affect. But you don't know it. If people began to understand that change comes about as result of millions of tiny acts that seem totally insignificant, well, then they wouldn't hesitate to take those tiny acts."

With our warmest recommend we encourage everyone to watch this movie while it's still avaliable.

/Jesper and Elin

I AM (Full documentary)

Glädje i bilrutan

En del dagar när solen skiner så där lite extra känner vi för att sprida glädje lite mer utöver de vanliga kramkampanjerna som vi utför. Flera bilar i Sundsvall blev här berikade med uppmuntrande och tänkvärda ord. Kanske har ägarna hört om oss och anar att Unicycling 4 Love varit i farten, kanske undrar de fortfarande vem avsändaren var..

Låt ovanlighet bli vanlighet för ovanlighetens skull!

Elin

PS. Inspiration hämtad från Fredsuppdraget

Radio P4 Blekinge och fredsuppdrag nr 198 :)

Fredsuppdrag nr 198, check!

Isabella som vi har bott hos i två dagar får sig en annorlunda överraskning nästa gång hon besöker toan..! För er som är nyfikna, kika gärna vidare på Fredsuppdraget.

Dagens radiointervju "Lyssna på: 11.00 - 11.30 tisdag 17 jul 2012" och spola fram till 6:50 P4 Blekinge

Mycket nöje!

Elin