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Public art
Blue sky, last day…won’t waste much time in front of the computer! But I always wanted to post pictures about the transformer boxes in our neighbourhood. Admittedly, that doesn’t sound very exciting now that I read it…. But the transformer … Continue reading
Sisyphean task
On my way to our weekly lunch date on campus, I saw people melting the snow with big blow dryers. And a boat on the river trying to crash the ice. And huge flood lights creating artificial light. But it … Continue reading
Slight pre-leaving blues
Slowly but steadily our return to Switzerland comes closer, and with it comes a slight melancholy. During the last months, we managed to settle down, establish a daily routine and, most importantly, made new friends. Finland is a great country … Continue reading
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Questions, questions, questions…
Oy, Mupfens threw us a bone! 🙂 Ok, not sure if that’s the correct way to put it…in German, Stöckchen are sent to blogs in order to make them a bit more popular and it also gives people the chance … Continue reading
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Smooth persuasion
The funny thing about a blog: on some days, there is absolutely nothing happening whereas on other days, you have so many ideas what you should write about that you can’t decide which one to take. I could write another … Continue reading
Ha ha
And for the record: the two days of bright blue sky and sunshine didn’t happen…it is as grey and miserable as it has been for the last month.
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Subjective perceptions…
This evening when Karsten came home from work, I was busy doing three things at the same time: cooking, doing the dishes and putting away the clean ones. Karsten lay down to relax a bit. I complained that, in the … Continue reading
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Seven days – seven pictures
Again, I am joining Frische Brise with her weekly retrospect in pictures. Our week has been rather quiet since the baby activities are on pause due to the ski holidays. Also, the weather has been really shitty (excuse the language) … Continue reading
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The not so restful restroom
Toilets are, in most Western societies, places of privacy, of tranquility, a way to shut out the world for a few minutes and let the mind wander. Or, if you are a proud owner of a smartphone, to cultivatedly check … Continue reading
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The cleaning issue
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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familial entropy 