For many summers, it was a lovely tradition to have my aunt Helma and her friend Marianne la Bastide from the Netherlands come visiting us in Denmark for a couple of weeks. That was while my mother still lived in her big house in Gundsømagle
Hope you have all had a good start on a new year! We have been to Dalarna in Central Sweden and enjoyed the frost and snow - and sled dogs! Our friends Bo and Susan from kennel Ulvedalen still have four Siberian Huskies and although
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The title of this post could just as well have been a Misty Merry Christmas. Can't remember when we had so much rain and misty conditions in December. The photo above is taken in
Erik and I went on a short trip to Reykjavík just to check up on our apartment and our car, and getting the chance to meet up with friends in Iceland. The volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes was still ongoing on our arrival and could
Last weekend offered warm and glorious sunny weather, which gave us the chance to go on a boat trip with our friend Sture and his boat to the archipelago outside Gothenburg. The course was set for the small island Vrångö (Wrong Island as Erik likes
Motivated by friends visiting from Denmark, we used a glorious sunny Sunday to visit Nya Älvsborgs Färstning - A Swedish fortress to keep the mean Danes from attacking Gothenburg. My 'old' sled dog friends Kjeld and Charlotte Baagø stopped by in Gothenburg for a visit
Our Smooth Collie oldie, Deli has reached the age of 11 and was therefore properly celebrated today with dog friends, both humans and dogs. It had been snowing again the past night and our neighbourhood looked lovely covered in snow. We went around photographing this
Despite obstacles like sickness, bad weather, and our car going to the garage for repair on Dec. 27, we managed to make our way up to Särna in Dalarna over New Year. I'm happy we made the effort. As always, it was great to be
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us here in Gothenburg in Sweden. We had two weeks of perfect winter conditions before Christmas. This is when the snowy photos were taken. All of the neighbourhood's kids and
Photos and text by Erik Sturkell
On the 20th of September the world lost a good man, and I lost a fantastic friend and colleague when Halldór Ólafsson (born 1937) passed away in Reykjavík, Iceland. I had the privilege of knowing Halldór for many years. Our