We are staying with our friends in Arboga now. They have rented winter storage for both their and our motorhome, and have also helped us buy a new car while we have been travelling. Yesterday we spent most of the day cleaning and washing the motorhome - and fixing our new Mini-Freedom with bumper stickers.
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Yep it's true, today we bought a second hand car! We are in Croatia, but we need a car when we come home to Sweden. Now we have received help from friends to buy a car and it is waiting for us in Sweden.
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For three days we have been planning to roll on from Porto Pino in southern Sardinia, and for as many days we have given up the idea and simply stopped. Why? It's too hot to move!!! We have 36 plus degrees today and are parked in a relentlessly sunny spot where the air is completely still.
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Birthday celebration in Sardinia. First a BIG THANK YOU for all the nice congratulations that came in on Peter's 55th birthday yesterday! We celebrated the big day at the small cosy beach restaurant here at S'abba Druche, just north of Bosa. And it was even more pleasant than perhaps expected, both good food and nice meetings!
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First, a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who sent me congratulations yesterday! I really got lots of nice greetings on the blog, Facebook, Instagram and email. I have read all of them several times and it really warms me up! My wonderful colleagues had also recorded a video where they sang for me - but how nice is that?
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When you're travelling for a long time, you have to take care of a lot of practical things along the way, such as paying bills and filing taxes. Right now, Peter needed to print the annual report for his company, sign it and send it back to Sweden by post. That doesn't seem so complicated? Estimated time: 3 hours...
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When you are travelling for a whole year, there is a lot of everyday life too. Today we have paid bills and washed clothes. On other days, we go shopping or take care of the motorhome. There is always something to do!
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Åsa lives in Portugal with her husband Sverker and their children Frida and Jonna. On her blog Bortugal you can read about their everyday life, with school and surfing, in a small charming Portuguese village by the sea. We have had some contact online, but never met in real life, and it was great when Åsa invited us to celebrate the new year with them!
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Finally, it was time for the defence and the defence party! Yesterday I presented my research and the content of my thesis in front of an audience. After the presentation, it was time for the opponent, Dr Craig Melville from the University of Glasgow, to lead the questioning and discussion. He asked tricky but good questions. I was very, very happy with the opponent, but after two hours of questioning in English, I was still exhausted...
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This might be a bit off-topic for this blog, but since I've told you about my PhD, I will of course answer your questions! So here's some more info about doing a PhD in general, and a bit about my research.
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