Somewhat unexpected, Gothenburg has been covered in a snowy landscape for more than a week, and quite a lot of it. Really pretty in my mind, but causing problems to traffic as could be expected. Luckily, Erik is only 5-10 minutes walk from work and
Our British colleague, Paul Seaman from the Ikka research project stopped by for a visit in Gothenburg after working on a ship outside the coast of Faxe Ladeplads in Denmark. As Paul lives with his family in Scotland, I took him to Tjolöholm castle south
A beautiful wedding in stunning landscape with glorious Autumn sun. Those were the romantic settings this past Saturday, where Andrea Håkansson and Niclas Hultin got married at Nääs Fabriker, Tollered in the Västra Götaland county. Both Andrea and Niclas are former students of Erik, and
Copenhagen has its annual Nordlys Festival (Northern light festival). This year the occasion was used to celebrate the 100 year jubilee of Polar researcher Knud Rasmussen's 5th Thule expedition 1921-24. This is the most remarkable of Knud Rasmussen's many expeditions as this is when he
We are very sad to learn that our good friend from London, Susan Pitts has passed away. Susan turned 80 in January and the original plan was for all of us to go to London in July to celebrate with her - in the hope
Finally the wedding we have been waiting for and longing to for more than a year. Originally scheduled for last year, but due to covid-19 postponed to July this summer. Our friends and colleagues, Barbara Irene Kleine and Edward Wayne Marshall IV (Barbara and Ed)
Yesterday was the warmest day so far this summer and luckily for us, we could spent the day on Orust with our colleague Bengt and his family. Bengt is looking after one of the neighbour's house and Icelandic horses these days. Just like last time
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
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