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About erdhummel

Familial entropy - that's an insight into our current life which has been fundamentally changed last summer when our daughter was born. Having studied in Cottbus, Germany, and worked/studied in Edinburgh, Scotland, we momentarily live in a small town in Switzerland where Karsten is trying to save the environment and Freddie is trying to save our sanity. Since there is not much time for elaborate, long emails while doing that, we thought a blog might be a good option to smuggle ourselves into the lifes of our friends.

The cleaning issue

Posted on 17. February 2014 by erdhummel

While we are in Turku, we stay in one of the guest flats of the university. When we received the conditions of the flat, we were asked whether we would like to use the cleaning service (30 Euros for one … Continue reading →

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Hyvää Ystävänpäivää!

Posted on 14. February 2014 by erdhummel

We have never really celebrated Valentines Day before – in the end, it is just a day like any other and it’s not like we need a reminder to tell us how happy we are. In Finland, however, Valentines Day … Continue reading →

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Top 8

Posted on 13. February 2014 by erdhummel

How comes that babies only focus about one minute on actual baby toys but find the most fascinating stuff in our every day routine? Here are the Top 8 toys that keep the little one busy these days:  My facial … Continue reading →

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How we are responsible for the lack of available seats in the Swiss transport system and still get no seat…

Posted on 11. February 2014 by erdhummel

Here we go. On Sunday, a slight majority in Switzerland has decided to put an end to the apparently uncontrollable immigration the country suffers from. An end to the fact that foreigners are occupying the seats in the trains and … Continue reading →

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Sunday afternoon activities

Posted on 9. February 2014 by erdhummel

Since we had a cultivated Sunday afternoon last week, we decided to have an outdoor afternoon today. Ruissalo, an island right outside of Turku, can be easily reached by bus and has been on my “to-see” list for a while. … Continue reading →

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7 Days – 7 Pictures

Posted on 9. February 2014 by erdhummel

Every sunday on Frische Brise, you can see a weekly retrospect in pictures and I quite like the idea. So I tried to capture a moment each day this week (which actually wasn’t as easy as it sounds):  Starting to … Continue reading →

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Baby business

Posted on 7. February 2014 by erdhummel

Today is Friday – Babycircus Day! The little one enjoys it more and more…by now, she is laughing out loud when I hold her upside down or roll her over and she is really enjoying the company of other babies. … Continue reading →

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Runeberg cakes (or the skill of Scandinavian countries to appoint dessert-related celebrations)

Posted on 5. February 2014 by erdhummel

Today is the 5th of February. And the 5th of February is the birthday of the Finnish national poet, Johan Ludvig Runeberg. And since Runeberg, although he was a Swedish speaking Finn, wrote the text of the Finnish National Anthem, … Continue reading →

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Today at 5:30am….

Posted on 4. February 2014 by erdhummel
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Babies invited

Posted on 3. February 2014 by erdhummel

Yesterday, we decided to have our once-in-a-while cultivated afternoon. So the little one and I picked up Karsten when he was done with work and we went to the Aboa Vetus, a mixture of art and archaeological museum with excavated … Continue reading →

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