So here's the tale of my travels from Oslo to Gothenborg: I have to start by saying that I take back everything I said before about Norwegians. Either there was a big sampling bias, or in the south of Norway people are just much friendlier (colder climate - colder people). Whichever way it was, literally every single person I interacted with in Norway after arriving to Oslo, was extremely nice and friendly. So apologies for my prejudices and thanks for being n...

This post has been written half in the hostel, half in the train (I am taking the train during the day this time to see the countryside, not to write long blog entries!) and in rather a hurry (which didn't reduce the length), so sorry if it is a bit confusing...Also, I will upload pictures some other time, but they will come, I promise!Just a short addition to my last post: when I was writing it, I was expecting more visitors to come but wasn't sure they would co...

This was supposed to be just a short update. I obviously failed... I will not go into any detail here, but this was easily the worst bird ringing experience I had in my life. I also have to take back what I said about bird ringers earlier - until now all of the ones I met were great people but now I know that there are exceptions. And it is no fun living together with them in a small house in a very rural area in the Swedish mountains. I was very close to leavi...

This probably doesn't come as a big surprise to those of you who have been following my life for a while: I am leaving Kiel, I will not finish my master's here. The main reason is that the programme is boring and I don't seem to learn anything. Also, obviously, I've been here for almost a year and it feels like it's time to move on. Also, I've already had plans to move to Turkey after I finish my studies in Kiel, so it was rather easy to just do this a year earli...

I haven't moved physically in quite a long time (well, for my terms). I have, however, grown a lot in my mind, I believe, for several reasons. It would be nice to say that the master's program I am following is the main reason, but I am afraid the truth is closer to: I have read many, many articles and blog posts, shared by my friends on Facebook. And I have read scientific papers and I have thought a lot about stuff. What I was going to say is: since I am in th...