We celebrated Erik's 59th birthday with a small garden party at our new home. The weather was just glorious and since most of us are (fully) vaccinated by now, it even feels safe to meet again in social gatherings like this. We were able to
Written by Erik Sturkell Finally a spring trip with the Icelandic Glaciological Society (JÖRFI) after the limited tour in 2020, which I did not take part in. Due to the covid situation only a few participated in the spring trip 2020. In 2021, there was a
I have discovered a new heavenly place on Earth, the archipelago on the west coast of Sweden. For some reason, Erik and I have done very little sightseeing in the Gothenburg area, but while Erik was in Iceland, I got a chance to visit our
End of May, Erik and I travelled to Iceland for a multitude of purposes. I had to pack my office at the University of Iceland as I'm no longer employed there, and we had to sort things in our apartment in Reykjavík. Erik came for
We are very pleased and grateful for our new home in Gothenburg, now in May's green spring colours. Both the dogs and we - and guests feel very much at home in these cozy surroundings of this old wooden house. It's a great place to
Erik and co-workers just had their work published on the findings of microplast in the Vatnajökull glacier on Iceland. This is Europe's largest glacier and although diminishing it still receives quite a bunch of snow load each year, which is then slowly turned into glacier
Exciting times in our lives as we have now moved into a house in an area called 'Landala Egnahem' in central Gothenburg. This means our address from now on is: Skjutbanegatan 2B, 413 21 Gothenburg Photo: Gabrielle. Erik and the dogs enjoying the new garden! This is
After 8 years of owning an apartment in central Stockholm it is now time to say goodbye. Erik and I have bought a house in Gothenburg and therefore want to combine all our Swedish homes (all two of them). Thus the last couple of days
Our oldest dog Glitnir is now like a good single malt whiskey - 12 years old. Smooth collies originate from Scotland, originally herding dogs, but nowadays more commonly used as pets and for obedience and agility sports. Glitnir has mainly been a good companion and
This weekend was spent in Särna in beautiful surroundings. Loads of snow have fallen down over Sweden and lots of it in Särna. This makes nature look like a snowy fairytale. I totally love the snow and the cold, and I'm a very big fan