Reflections of a traveling veterinarian
Following the well tarmaced road South (it was just a dirt track the last time I was here…), I am reaching Kautokeino, the final settlement before the Finnish border. Here I had to re-visit a place that seems so outlandish but that is now such an integral part of the town that both are often …
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While listening to the wind running through the delicate leaves of the birch forest which is showing early autumn colours, I am enjoying a late breakfast with fresh cloud berries at the lonely mountain station near Maze (pronounced “Masi”) at the Northern rim of the Finnmark Vidda. To reach this place , I have followed …
Finishing my last consultation on a Friday afternoon, I am picking up the ever patient Mia and we are leaving Tromsø Island , this rock in the Sea that resembles a Swiss Cheese with its confusing system of underground tunnels with round abouts and huge parking garages and we are heading first West and then …
Cats – of course ! ….. It appears that I forgot to mention my feline patients here in the North. In Tromsø, just a few hundred kilometers from the Northkap, they are in for a special treat : The World’s most Northern Cat Clinic ! Long gone are the days when dogs were sitting in …
It is 7:30 in the morning and following a typical Norwegian breakfast with cooked coffee, caramelised goats cheese and polar bread, I am starting the first day at my newest place of work – the Anicura Small Animal Clinic in Tromsø. The clinic is located just opposite of the local police station and right next …
So what is so special with Tromsø ? Well, first of all it has to do with its location: At nearly 70 degrees Northern latitude, the city is placed well within the Arctic Circle and with at least a couple of days solid driving needed to reach it from Norway’s Captitel Oslo, one might assume …
It is 2 o’clock in the morning and while the sun is about to rise on the East coast of Sweden, I am being attacked by the garden robot of my colleague Gunnat Schöbel who very kindly had allowed me to pitch my tent underneath one of his apple trees….. Since leaving London I have …
Continue reading “The journey is the destination….(veterinary adventures part II)”
My intermezzo with the friendly team in Aberdeen was ( as planned) just a short one, but it provided me with the opportunity to fit in a few days of hiking in one of Britain’s finest mountain ranges – the Cairngorms. Not even an hour’s drive away and I was surrounded by rolling green hills, …
From the “Stone City” to the “Granite City” and from timber to oil – it was time again to pack my bag and to try out a new place (actually the first of a few new places I have planned this year….). To make a start I contacted my agent and suggest to give Scotland …
It pays getting up early in the morning to explore one of Europe’s most magical cities. Even more so if it is a bright Sunday morning and your means of transport are your somewhat worn but trusted running shoes…. Setting off at the impressive fortifications of Vysehrad at the South of Prague, the road is …
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