My first real vlog from Cape Verde (in Swiss German).
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Delta Cultura
Yesterday, we visited Delta Cultura, an association for children. Their idea is that every child has a natural curiosity and wants to learn. The goal is to teach them enthusiasm for learning, show them that they have potential and with education they want to end poverty.
A beautiful project with a lot of heart for social change.
A green toilet
A while ago one of my best friends decided to move into a palace. It’s a beautiful old stone brick house in the middle of the city. Last time I saw it, it was still empty, because she had just moved in. But not this time!
She has a room only for her plants. The walls of the dining room are painted cornflower blue. And she has a sofa from Ikea’s grandmother collection. But the toilet was the most awesome I have ever seen.
365 x awesome
A new year, a new camera and an idea. For the next 365 days I will shoot one picture a day and post it.
You can follow here.
This was 2016
I have done it once, so it is basically tradition! This was my 2016:
- Started the year in the sun in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote; and fell in love with Lanzarote
- Chased the northern lights in Bergen with Mari
- Made a shelf (also with Mari)
- Traveled to Turku, Parma, Montpellier and Kristiansand for work; and to Berlin for fun; with nice people
- Moved to the city centre
- Visited China and saw a glacier
- Sold stamps at the Christmas market
- Got a jelly fish
- Shot a lot of analog pictures
- Experienced the wettest July ever, with only four days without rain
- Kayaked in the fjords with my foldable Oru Kayak
- Moved my office to the fourth floor. I am one of the grown ups now!
- Did some wonderful ski touring with good people
- Practiced yoga on the roof with lovely people
- Skied down a Free Ride Face with shaking knees
- Got chocolate and cheese from two angles
- Got tired of the narrow views and bought a full-frame camera. And I will make one picture a day for a year!
- Spent time at Finse counting flies
- Thought a bunch of excellent students about ecology, writing and R coding
- Ended the year in Bad Tölz with the Bananafishbones
And the year is not finished yet. I will also submit my first SeedClim paper this year. It will happen before New Year!
Thank you everybody for sharing 2016 with me!
Christmas market 2
Watch the video from our stand.
Pumpkin – natures excuse
Pumpkin is natures excuse that summer is over.
Hiking on Vidden
Li told me that when she learnt English in School they learnt the work „hiking“. And nobody understood the word. The teacher had to explain what hiking was and that other cultures like to do other things in their free time.
So I thought it was a good idea to show her what Norwegians do on the weekend: Hiking on Vidden.
Sheepview meets google
Sheepview360 is a project to bring the Faroe Island on Google Street View. Durita who initiated the project has mounted cameras on sheep that walked around and take pictures from all over the islands.
Now google has reacted and has send cameras to take pictures all over the Faroe Islands. But the approach is different from other places. The pictures are taken from the back of horses, from kayak and even a wheelbarrow.
Moving
This week I have moved twice. I have moved house and live now in the city centre. But I have also moved one floor up in the office (upgrade!). The view is still distracting me from working… but I hope this will go over soon.
My new home is an old wooden house 5 minutes walk from the city centre of Bergen. I have never lived so close to the centre and I like it so far. I felt it’s time to get a place for myself and I enjoy my peace very much. It’s an old house and I hear what’s going on upstairs. The kids like to sing, which is nice, but their taste of music is less.
Mari, I just wanted to say thank you for wonderful the time at Landås with you. It has been awesome and your welcome at (almost) any time here.
