Swedish adventures aka my PhD

Pulled Pastrami from food truck An active few weeks over here in Scandinavia, last weekend I made my way around the Stockholm half marathon and last night I returned from a few days in Finse, Norway, where I've been studying the moraines around my glacier, Midtdalsbreen. When not 'running and walking in Sweden and Norway' I've been eating and drinking my way around the city of Stockholm (and doing a spot of work in between). A couple of weeks back, Jan, a friend from Poland, received his Swedish citizenship so we celebrated in Polish style with vodka and pickles on a rock overlooking the city's skyline.  Start of the Stockholms Halvmaraton, taken by Yan Ma The following evening was Martim's birthday so a group of us PhDs met up at  Trädgården, an outdoor club under a large road bridge with ping pong tables, boules and a dance floor adorned with large glowing jellyfish. Sunday was far more chilled with a trip to the food truck festival wh...

Sunset from the ne garage at home I'm finally back in a slightly cooler Stockholm after a jam packed month travelling about in the UK (hence the long gap in blog posts). My British trip included a visit to Grandma up in Lancashire, a kayaking expedition from Libby's new house in Birmingham, Jennie and Ben's wedding back in Buckinghamshire, a moraine training school in Inchnadamph (North Scotland), a quick catch up with friends in Edinburgh and a week holidaying with Mum's side of the family near Helensborough (an hour north of Glasgow), squeezing in some meet ups with home friends in between.   Rica and I in Vaxholm Prior to my month in the UK, I had a visitor from Germany, Ricarda. Rica is a friend from New Zealand who I have kept in touch with over the past 5 years. Over the long weekend we took a trip to Vaxholm, the closest destination in the archipelago, here we walked to a beach for a swim then walked along the water front into the town for fika. ...