About Arkansas

Almost there

Just a couple of week left. Soon Ill be on the flight to Arkansas.

Im really looking forward to the trip. I haven’t seen my relatives for almost 5 years so it will be really fun to see them again.
I have been thinking a lot about what to do when I get there. I think I will just enjoy my vacation, relaxing and spend time with my relatives.

They have some things planned for us to do but besides that I think I will just take it easy and have a soft vacation.

The only thing i really would like to do is to go to a rodeo. I don’t know if I will get the chance. But I hope so.

Take care. Ill get back to you when I get home.

Rodeo in Arkansas

I found out something I want to do

I want to go to a rodeo…

I think that it would be quite an experience to see a rodeo live. I have only seen it in films and AFV when cowboys eat dust .
Maybe this could be something for me?

Springdale’s foremost event for more than 60 years, the annual Rodeo of the Ozarks, celebrates our nation’s birthday each year on July 1-4 while giving audiences the opportunity to experience part of our country’s heritage through professional rodeo. More than 500 contestants and professional athletes compete in seven Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) sanctioned events – tie down roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, team roping, and the ever-popular bull riding. Fireworks take place after each performance with a huge show on the July 4. Two great parades fill downtown Emma Street on July 1 and 4.

What to do in Arkansas

Okey Blogg.

Ive been writing here for some time know and I have come to one big conclusion. Arkansas is boring…

I found nothing about stuff to do there? Ok, the nature seem stunning. If i will make a road trip I promise to bring my camera and post some beautiful pictures for you. But there seems to be no obvious things to do in Arkansas. You have the golf courses and stuff like that but I don’t play golf any more so that doesn’t help me.

No amusement parks like Disney land. No nature to speak of like the Grand Canyon. Just the ordinary stuff that you can find anywhere…

If I didn’t have my relatives here I think i would go some place else.

Writers block

What do you do when you just cant come up with anything to write about?

Well, the first thing is to never stop writing. Even if you don’t have anything to say, keep writing. This is a blogg so the meaning is that you should write what ever comes to mind, even if nothing comes to mind.

Most bloggs today are full of crap so if I make one crappy entry, who will care?
Okey, I know that you, the reader will care to some extent but Im just a human, not a writing machine. If you want someone who carefully weighs every word and actuallyu has something to say you shouldn’t look for it in a blogg. Try some Hemingway och Douglas Adams instead .

Arkansas VS. Sweden, the final results

After some heavy hitting rounds of fun we have a winner, SWEDEN 2-1 against Arkansas.

Go Sweden, go Sweden, go Sweden

It was very fun to compare a small country like Sweden to a state in the USA. It would have been a grand slam for Sweden if it wasn’t for the comparison of celebrities. Sweden is just bigger and better than Arkansas. Maybe it wasn’t the most fair fight in the world but hey, if you wont tell anyone I wont.

The good thing is that I did learn some stuff about Arkansas, and that was the point. I just had to promote my nation as well in the process. And maybe, just maybe, just tease you americans .

Arkansas VS Sweden, round 3

Man is this exciting. The first round was a walk in the park for Sweden. The second one was a bit closer but in the end Sweden won the fight.

In this third round I will compare celebrities that lives or have lived in Arkansas and Sweden. My guess is that this round will be tough for the swedes to win.

Johnny Cash, Bill Clinton and John Grisham had an easy fight. IT was a bit tougher for Hemingway but he still won. And I gave the win to Ingo. But this round went easily to Arkansas. With a former president and Johnny Cash you cant loose.

After the third rounds it Arkansas 1 and Sweden 2

Arkansas VS Sweden, round 2

After a first thrilling round that Sweden won easily the bell has rung for the next round.

This time we will compare some economical aspects of Sweden and Arkansas.

This time it was a closer fight. Sweden won 2-1. Arkansas has some interesting companies. Wal-Mart, which is the worlds largest private company, has its head office here. I tried to get the largest company into the equation but since the market for the companies aren’t restricted to Arkansas or Sweden that wasn’t possible.

It was a close fight but Sweden took this round as well.

Arkansas VS Sweden, round 1

Since I’m a competitive guy I thought it would be fun to compare Sweden with Arkansas in a couple of different areas.

In this first round I compare the geographic and population:

This first round was a walk in the park for Sweden with win in each of the areas I compared. Lets hope that Arkansas can give us a better fight in the next round.

Arkansas Vs Sweden, 0 – 1

Arkansas history

The name Arkansas comes from native American tribe Quapaws word “akakaze” meaning “land of downriver people” or the Sioux word “Akakaze” meaning “people of the south wind”.

I like that name, its very poetic and proud. Since I’m not American I didn’t know how many names that comes from indian words from the start?

The Territory of Arkansaw was organized on July 4, 1819. On June 15, 1836, the State of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state. Arkansas has a violent but important history. Arkansas played a important role in aiding Texas in its war for independence from Mexico. It sent troops and materials to Texas to help fight in the war.

Arkansas also played a major part in the fight against racism with the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka were the supreme court ruled that the segregation of black and white students was unconstitutional.

A trip to Arkansas

Hello everybody.

Ok, this is my story. I have never been to the US. Later this year I´m about to go there for the first time to visit some relatives of mine.
Since I am who I am I need to prepare myself as much as I possible can before the trip. I want to know what to expect and what I can do on my vacation. The a friend of mine said that I should blog about it so here it is.

I will write a bit about Arkansas and what I will do there (except hanging with my relatives). Who knows, maybe I can teach you something really interesting about Arkansas in the process? .

So don’t be a stranger, check in from time to time and have fun.