<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pelle Duveblad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cycling from Iraq to Sweden, writing the story as it unfolds.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:54:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 53: This Day I Am Strong]]></title><description><![CDATA[A message in a bottle, floating in the ether. For reading my story, for making that connection between us... thank you.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-53-this-day-i-am-strong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672ca83143db5cb2fec0bb8f</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:49:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_bec4140cd0da4099be70f4f166f17fe2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 52: Through Thick and Thin]]></title><description><![CDATA["You'll probably need all year before you can really grasp the entirety of it" she said, and she was right as can be.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-52-through-thick-and-thin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672a1684ef46daf84546b71e</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_7e2650b00b424d50a06d85ea4ef96d74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_811,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 51: Beneath the Surface]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even where nothing seems to stir, be it in a quiet town or inside a man called Otto, there is trouble that might not show.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-51-beneath-the-surface</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6724e852b7d308c6d3f0b9c7</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:04:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_99ed168147e14c78885b05a9c729a62f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 50: Beyond the Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[An adult going into the deep to learn to swim... if that is not being vulnerable, I don't know what is.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-50-beyond-the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6720f7fe8e486d190ce0c8e9</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:26:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_691efd4e6f074e5f9bceae2f6ac7057e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 49: Still Just A Rookie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reaching Sweden earlier felt right and in my situation, that was something I had to listen to. So I changed my route.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-49-still-just-a-rookie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6718f478fd623d5be60454d2</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:52:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_75a5074d2bf542c8985bbede8a35ba8f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 48: The Bottom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ironically, life was made easier. There was a tangible threat, mentally much simpler to handle than my illusionary ones.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-48-the-bottom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6716603778f1bac28affc769</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:40:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_258de0f893d54754870803d2c9be6284~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_808,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 47: Beginning of the End]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dark clouds that had filled my mind disappeared for a moment and a sun shone on me. "It will be alright."]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-47-beginning-of-the-end</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670d24e14fea5dbc4044d791</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:37:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_da70a3e161d247e9bce34348d80ac188~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_819,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interlude: Cornfield Chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[He keeps on going, clinging to the hope that there is yet a way to return to that which he lost and those whom he left.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/interlude-cornfield-chase</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670922f438c77f1c0eef021f</guid><category><![CDATA[Part IV: Northern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_76b11ae445b34bf1bab3b27fa169d9a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 46: Ohne Dich]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was only a brief whisper of happiness before she would return to a new love, and I would tread on alone.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-46-ohne-dich</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ffaddf793cea2f6d44604f</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:46:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_3cd36fab442a44db94bef76a5d1eb674~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 45: Internal Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adam said, bluntly:  "To do what you are doing, you have to believe in something."]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-45-internal-flight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66fcf48f5a23d590596c6754</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_3afc5e74149f4c748cbae0b0a7a2d5de~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 44: One Ought To Be Two]]></title><description><![CDATA[Better than my words speaks the image of two bikes resting, together. The symbolism touched me, and I let it in too deep.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-44-one-ought-to-be-two</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ed8e6ca3c1e7c0519200e8</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:00:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_d68bdc9ee8ac4761934e1778c8455346~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_985,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 43: Painful Quandaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[True ring the simple words by Theoden of Rohan: "No parent should have to bury their child."]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-43-painful-quandaries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e6d04a5de9c46a7d4c94da</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:20:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_1c5138e9c61042babfb61728bc8a33f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 42: Rain of Tears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Had I been able to peer into the near future, I probably would have embraced her right then and there. But I didn't.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-42-rain-of-tears</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e2e65b8f5dc8e1f7abacab</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:38:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_2522541cd3d44eef9ece9d0819fdeb72~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 41: Fire and Lightning]]></title><description><![CDATA[The age showed in the wrinkles, yet they made her no less beautiful. I never learned her name, nor will I ever forget her face.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-41-fire-and-lightning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e15a09f301331fb622bdd7</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:19:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_c24d0eb165494e17a31b890da3ed2daa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_830,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 40: Civilisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whilst the gaming crowd might not have a sexy coolness about them, the drive to engage is no less natural, no less important.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-40-civilisation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e0001669e5de35cf8acc1a</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:16:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_20752e457a72438c8402bc62c5394522~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 39: By the Rising Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a rare sense of belonging and wished that I had a four-legged friend to go with me. In a future perhaps I will.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-39-by-the-rising-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a3aa1400eab3f03419d793</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_c95dc84ec1974c3694540ef4fc35a086~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 38: Stillness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing was more evident of the peace that she could sense than watching her surrender to the water in that lake.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-38-stillness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669cd8cbf0cd58d15a2497a6</guid><category><![CDATA[Part III: Southern Europe]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:40:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_f4100520bb0d4b66bc13fffe85f07e38~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 37: Sapiens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sexuality is the strongest force in human nature - to be born with a forbidden sexuality must be agonising.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-37-sapiens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66939f8a75b8417c9a4058fb</guid><category><![CDATA[Part II: Turkey]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:40:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_83914116c4774ce8bb3ea053e26ed44d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interlube: Honeymoon Plus One]]></title><description><![CDATA[For all my shortcomings, I never considered another. In her roughest moments, my thoughts and emotions were always with her.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/interlube-honeymoon-plus-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668bed2c8f81c137c678a34a</guid><category><![CDATA[Part II: Turkey]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:08:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_bd9fc406e6e842ee94a46e2cc127f3e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_891,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 36: Gods Among Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is not only the legend of Troy that intrigues me, but also clues it gives us of our spiritual nature.]]></description><link>https://blog.pelleduveblad.com/post/chapter-36-gods-among-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668bd87180886e2f7ce4f5fb</guid><category><![CDATA[Part II: Turkey]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:33:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25ce46_b097e2dd66274cf0a9a9ca0d024d2ea7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_857,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pelle Duveblad</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>