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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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We have carried out a number of large construction projects in our spare time. When we met, ten years ago, I had a 22 square metre apartment in the centre of Stockholm. It was too small for me, Peter and his two sons on a half-time basis... For exactly the same money (or even a little less), we got 76 square metres in Sundbyberg. What did that apartment look like? Well, it was a former warehouse on the ground floor ...
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We celebrate Midsummer with Peter's brother on Blidö in the Stockholm archipelago. They have a nice red cottage right by the water. Very idyllic and just what you want on a Midsummer's Eve. There are a total of 26 people here, and three motorhomes are parked around the site.
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You didn't think it could get any worse, did you? But it could... Peter always drives carefully and is careful with his licence. He has never been caught speeding or anything like that - until today! He was stopped on a 30 km stretch, not outside a school or anything like that, but outside a noise barrier for a construction site. He was slowing down from 70 and was travelling at 56 km/hour.
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Now it's a houseboat for us, and here we try to mix a bit of a rustic boat feel with modern furnishings in black and silver. It's a sharp contrast to how we decorated our previous apartment. You may remember that we decorated in a turn-of-the-century style: antique furniture and lots of stucco.
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We made a trip with Viking Line Cinderella between Friday and Saturday. Sometimes it is nice to get away on a small trip, even if you do not go so far away. The entertainment section on Viking Line Cinderella has been rebuilt, and there is both a new nightclub and new restaurants. So what did we think?
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My winter boots are completely worn out, and I really need new ones. But how difficult it is to buy shoes and boots in Sweden! Everything looks exactly look the same. Now I've been round almost every shoe chain in the country (I think), and what do I find? Black straight unlined boots that everyone sees. identical out. Firstly, what's wrong with adding some lining? Secondly, why is it so scary to have a tiny bit of design... like a strap somewhere? A fur trim?
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