Onthetrain » Uncategorized http://www.onthetrain.com/blog the online portfolio of freelance journalist Charlotta Hedman Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Brighton http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/archives/372 http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/archives/372#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:32:37 +0000 Lotta http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/?p=372 A couple of weeks ago I went to Brighton to research a travel reportage for Hufvudstadsbladet. I like Brighton. Everytime I go I expect to love it. I get all giddy and excited on the train. I question my decision to live in London. I day-dream about moving closer to the sea. Then I actually get there and realize why I haven’t. The sea is there, but so is the smell of stale doughnuts, Saturday night piss and beer.

I interviewed a tarot reader on the promenade who compared it to Las Vegas. “What happens in Brighton stays in Brighton, people come here to let loose sexually”, he said. Then he read my fortune and told me I would have a relaxing day.

And since I believe in fortune tellers I did. I walked around, chatted to the locals, took plenty of photos and had some ice cream. It was hot, even though you can’t really tell from the pictures.

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]]> http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/archives/372/feed O hai internet http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/archives/298 http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/archives/298#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:50:29 +0000 Lotta http://www.onthetrain.com/blog/?p=298 Hello and Welcome. I can’t remember how many times I’ve written that on this site. For some reason onthetrain always seem to give me a bad case of writer’s block . Maybe because in my mind this is supposed to be my “official site”. Anyway, this is a fresh start… again.

Here you’ll eventually find tidbits about what’s happening in my life and also a portfolio of sorts. Currently my projects are taking me all over London and some parts of the UK, but no farther. I’m putting my traveling boots on the shelf for a bit and I’m juggling radio, writing and a larger project that I kind of want to keep secret at the moment.

Stay tuned, because hopefully I’ll actually start updating this time around.

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