Real friends who blog and friends in the blogosphere
Carpet Blogger
Copy Dude
Gaping mind (or is it mind the gap?)
Good Bye Lenin and his other blog Viola in Vilnius
Little Miss Moi
Megan Case
Neeka's Backlog
Stepping Stones
Vilhelm Konnander
White Sun of the Desert
and of course
plus personal blogs I have been reading a long time