What would make for a convincing title for a cold war thriller by the likes of John le Carré, had a far less sinister but still quite entertaining back ground: With the help of a corporate sponsor, we had managed to invite a group of ten veterinary students from different European countries to Prague to …
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EERVC – again !
The next stop on my itinerary was a return to Slovenia and to be more precise to the beautiful capital of Ljubljana. EERVC, the Eastern European Regional Veterinary Conference is the brain child of my Serbian colleague Denis Novak. After having enjoyed part of his training in England and now running the most renowned veterinary …
Stuffed bears and a return to Uni in Croatia
The car was swerving slightly as we were speeding around a corner just before the worn suspension was hitting another pothole….. I leaned back into one of the rear seats having long ago resigned myself to fate and to the driving skills of Lea Kreszinger, my friend and colleague from Zagreb. With us in the …
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The Power of Friends …..(and well, of the Internet….
It is Saturday , the 9th of April and with a glass of red wine I am settling on the sofa in my living room in Surrey, pretty drained but also happy and satisfied with an exciting day. With the help of many friends and of some incredible characters we managed within 5 weeks to …
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Looking after pets in California’s Central Valley
When entering Ripon Veterinary Hospital in California’s Central Valley, one is immediately struck by the hustle and bustle of a well oiled, all female veterinary machine with Dr.Debra Daniel’s – the principle – with over 40 years of clinical experience, calm and confidently in the center of the storm….. Today the focus is on neutering …
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Highway 1
7 o’clock in the morning, the sun hasn’t even risen and while a fresh breeze from the Pacific Ozean is sweeping the low lying fog from the fields around me, I am cruising down Highway 1 from San Simeon towards Big Sur with 2 cylinders of Milwaukee steel hammering away like a steady heartbeat underneath …
From Timber to Coal
As the snow was slowly receding even in Northern Sweden, I had to accept that even the best times in life will come to an end at some point and once again I found myself on the platform at the railway station in Sundsvall waiting for the train to Stockholm….. A couple of days later …
12 kilometers to Blåhammar
It is the 24th of February and I am waking up to the news that Russian troops have started to invade Ukraine. At the end of my second stay in Sundsvall I had taken a few days off to travel to Åre, the country’s most famous alpine skiing destination, to enjoy both downhill and cross …
Guernica
Those of you who are following my FB or my Instagram posts might have noticed that I only very rarely or virtually never change my profile image. However, the time has come to do it now after I have thought over the last few days about a painting that will soon be over a hundred …
Chasing the Northern Lights
When waking up in the morning, it has become a habit for me to check two APPs on my phone: The first is the Weather APP, to find out how cold it will be today – as a general rule: the colder the better – because it not only preserves the snow with all the …
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