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So, when we landed, an hour late, our temperatures were checked as soon as we entered the airport, next to large signs informing us about the symptoms of Ebola. The lines to the passport/visa-check confused us, and we ended up standing last in three different lines until a border police took pity on us andContinue reading “a first afternoon”

Wednesday, October 15th : On a plane from Stockholm to Addis Ababa Mr. P and my last minute “tax-free” candy gift shopping for all the important gatekeeper people that we might need to make like us. The last thing I see of Sweden: rain. I’m exhausted. It’s like all the air is gone, all substance sucked outContinue reading “recap: transit”

The first half of October is a blur. I think I just rushed, without thought. Jonas had a party. On the way there, we walked past a dry-cleaners with a pretty lady on the window. Odd and funny, thought we, pre-party peppy and tipsy. I asked Jessica to pose with her. I must say, thereContinue reading “recap: the road to departure III”

One day, someone had written this on the wall of the Skarpnäck tube station. It says: Who cares if the weather is getting worse if people refuse to remove the icicles from their hearts. Interesting thought. Although, being a master student in sustainability science, I wouldn’t say I don’t care at all about the weather.Continue reading “recap: the road to departure II”

I mentioned it before. My life during the weeks leading up to my departure to Burkina Faso were chaos. I ran from place to place and task to task and barely had time to sleep. And I probably didn’t do a good job with anything, not with research preparations nor with socializing with friends. IContinue reading “recap: the road to departure I”

We landed. It was hot. We got confused about which passport check line to stand in. It was hot. My backpack wouldn’t come. It was hot. Finally it arrived. It was hot. My supervisor Line, who arrived yesterday, met us among all the people waiting for pilgrims returning from Mekka. We got to the guesthouse,Continue reading “arrived”

Sitting on the plane, waiting for boarding to be done. Now, there’s no turning back. I’ve had my last taste of Swedish water, in the dirty airport restroom. I’ve bought candy to cure homesickness. I’m done. I feel like all my parts are actually in the same place now. Sitting here, in the tiny airplaneContinue reading “off we go”

This is what I woke up to this morning. Sometimes, what you need is just a little bit of sunshine and ocean. Some day-after-Prosecco sleepiness. And a small house full of friends and a dog. I’m still running around blind, though.

Not much. Sometimes, the brain is just a terribly slow organ. But at least I have the satellite images now. This is where I’m going in less than three weeks: A Landsat 8 near infrared false color composite of one of my study sites. It’s pretty, isn’t it? The Earth’s surface is a piece ofContinue reading “so, what have I done today?”