Today marks the one-year anniversary of moving into our new home on Skjutbanegatan in Landala Egnahem, Gothenburg. We are still more than happy with this home and grateful every morning to wake up in this cozy wooden house. It has a very charming atmosphere and
Another visit to the sunny island of Orust to visit colleague Bengt Liljebladh and a friend from the University of Connecticut, Annelie Skoog. We were able to sit outside for coffee and went for a long walk afterwards, where we passed several old quarries. These
While in Iceland, we were luckily able to attend the PhD defence of Eemu Ranta at the University of Iceland. Eemu is a former BSc and MSc student of ours on the Ikka project in Greenland, and similar to his Master's thesis, he has done
What an intensive program we have had in Iceland the past week. Much to attend and much to celebrate! Upon arrival in Iceland Sunday last week, Erik and I could celebrate that it is now 12.5 years since we got married at Sýslumaðurinn in Reykjavík
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We just came back from perfect winter conditions in Särna, Dalarna in Sweden where we celebrated New Year with our friends Bo and Susan, Kennel Ulvedalen. Erik got his first-ever sled dog trip with an 8-dog team and Bo
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