Summertime!!!

Summer at last. The sun is out in Sweden and people are already building up for the holidays. And yes, I admit it, I'm already singing the Will Smith song, damn it. Before you know it, it will be Midsummer and crowds of Swedes will be dancing round maypoles doing bunny impressions while my British friends get bogged down in the Glastonbury mud. Magic. Plus it will be time to open my pub for the fifth season (see right for last summer). I can't wait. But before that it's the family Taylor trip to Italy and Legoland next week. Hurrah! Boats, Cars, Planes, and Trains. But in typical Taylor fashion, my perfectly formed plans to get my car down to Italy in order to buy booze has gone awry. Today, the Swedish case for stopping the import over the Internet of wine and spirits was thrown out by the EU court. While this is great news, it more or less renders my hard work in getting the car down there pointless. All of Italy's wine's are in principle now only a click away. Now I have to drive a car thousands of miles instead of merely clicking items into a virtual basket. Buggeration. Still, it will at least spell the beginning of the end of the Swedish alcohol monopoly, which is as as good a reason for enjoying a bottle of Champagne if ever there was one. Cheers!