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Copenhagen Again

2012-04-18Denmark, Traveling Standard

On my second day in Copenhagen I woke up at 8am (grrr… only 6 hours of sleep) and went to meet the good people of NORDUnet as well as the other representatives from the five Nordic countries to help plan this year’s conference. After the meeting ended that day, I headed back to my hotel for 20 minutes of horizontal time, before heading back out again to meet the planning committee at a fancy restaurant where we had a great dinner. On my way to the dinner I happened to walk through a portion of Kastellet, which was very pretty. Here are all the pictures, a selection of which is below.

At the Central Train Station at 09:30. I really liked the achways, but had a hard time getting a good picture of them.

An Evening in Copenhagen

2012-04-16Uncategorized Standard

As I’m typing this, I’m sitting in the Copenhagen airport (Kastrup), looking at the Icelandair-plane I’m about to board, and I figure I have some 15 minutes to kill before they start boarding. So here goes: My first evening in Copenhagen (click the link for all the images, I’ll just post a few below).

The bed in my tiny, yet somewhat swanky/modern room.

Far Far Away

2012-04-16Uncategorized Standard

I’m in Denmark! Yup, I’m on a two-night worktrip to Denmark, to participate in organizing a conference this fall about a subject I know rather little about. But I probably know more than Regular-Joe, and am therefore eligible to be ‘the Icelandic representative’ apparently. So far the trip has been mostly uneventful. The biggest dramaRead more

Northern Exposure

2012-04-06Uncategorized Standard

One of the perks of having a state-sanctioned religion is that Easter-time comes with lots of holidays: Thursday, Friday and Monday surrounding Easter are all public holidays, and most schools take a week off or more. We used the opportunity to visit Kata and Jói up north, just like last year (see this, this, this and this for a refresher) for a change of scenery, and the chance to spend some time with good friends.

This year we mostly lounged around. The kids were mostly self-sufficient, we visited the next-door swimming pool a couple of times, visited a farm owned by Kata’s cousin, ate too much, and played board-games in the evenings. The most energy-sucking ‘activity’ was me going out with Kata and her neighbors for two ‘couch-to-5k‘ walking/jogging sessions (weeks 2 and 3) after which my legs reminded me why I avoid running (Helloooo Shin-Splints!).

All in all we had a lovely time, and hope to visit them again this summer, when the area is a bit greener. 🙂

Three road-warriors during a walking-bit in very bright vests because that road is a 'main-road'.

The kids by the main-house at the farm. Behind them the fjord stretches inland.

Spring?

2012-03-29Uncategorized, Us Standard

These lethargic pictures from last week are making me lethargic just looking at them so here is some happier fare! Bjarki finally went to daycare today after finally having a full fever-free day yesterday, after five days of fever-episodes. What is it with our kids and waking up with little to no fever, only toRead more

A Lethargic Week

2012-03-24Us Standard

This past week, all of us but Finnur have fallen ill. Anna took the first shift, waking up warm on Monday, and then spending ALL of Tuesday sleeping (‘Can I go on the computer?’, ‘Yes’, ‘zzzzzz….’) before being mostly herself again on Wednesday. As she was getting better, I succumbed, and spent Wednesday afternoon untilRead more

Theme-Week Festival

2012-03-23Uncategorized Standard

This past week was ‘Theme-Week’ in Anna’s school, and this year’s theme was ‘Cities’. So the kids went and recreated lots of cities/city-icons over the span of four days. Then on Friday everybody was invited to see the fruits of their labor, and it was really quite cool! I stupidly left my good camera atRead more

Something Unexpected

2012-03-15Uncategorized Standard

I was biking home today on my usual a portion of the walk-path by the sea that I haven’t visited for a few weeks, when I came upon an unexpected bit of road under construction… or no… huh… that’s not construction… that’s beach pebbles and beach stuff on top of the path..! That must have beenRead more

Feeding Critters

2012-03-13Uncategorized Standard

It’s been one of those ridiculously snow-heavy winters. Yes, Spring has made numerous attempts to emerge, but Winter keeps slapping it back with a ground-covering sheet of snow, and I’ve lost count of the Yule-tide-worthy displays of slowly falling snow of various flake-sizes (one of which is currently in progress as I’m writing this). ToRead more

Winter vs. Spring

2012-03-08Uncategorized Standard

Winter is currently holding the upper hand… again. But it’s making the world pretty, so it’s ok. 🙂Read more

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