The first time I saw this sign in Ucluelet, I got really suprised. But, as I got acqainted with the area around Ucluelet and Tofino, I noticed that they have these signs put up in every cross-roads.
Isn’t that interesting? Necessary, obviously, since they’re on the eastern edge of the Ring of Fire, the earthquake prone and volcano encircled coasts of the Pacific Ocean – but as a geography student, we often get to read about how ill equiped many modern societies are for different kinds of natural disasters. But here, they even have traffic signs. I think that’s so cool.
Speaking of geography, I just heard from Elin that the geography programme at Stockholm University, where I’m studying, was given the highest mark at the recent government inspection. Of all the universities that have geography in Sweden, only three programmes managed to get the highest mark. And I’m studying at one of them. That feels good. I made a good choice, three and a half years ago, when I decided to stay in Stockholm for my university education. It feels reassuring.
Katja Malmborg 