Weekly Travel theme: Cities

31 maj, 201431 maj, 2014 / Leya / 25 kommentarer

Cities are maybe not my favourites…but I do like to visit larger cities when I’m abroad – for many reasons. Something of what cities mean to me will hopefully show here:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Split-Second Story

30 maj, 2014 / Leya / 6 kommentarer

Split-second stories, two of them, both chosen from trips done in May this year.

In the first picture we were travelling by bus, the students and teachers of the science program. On this narrow bridge we caught up with a young boy who took to biking as fast as he could to get to the other side. I understand his hurry…

Another trip was by car on a ferry to a small island. I think I captured the story in double frames?

Cee´s Fun Foto Challenge: Water

30 maj, 201430 maj, 2014 / Leya / 20 kommentarer

Last week I was featured on Cee´s Photography – thank you so much, Cee – it’s an honour!

I have been away with my students for some days to Bohuslän, which is on the west coast of Sweden. Of course this means Water! One of the days we had the opportunity to go by boat with scientists from the University of Gothenburg to dig up animals and plants from the bottom of the sea for examination. And we had a magnificent evening by Gullmarsfjorden.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Twist

24 maj, 201424 maj, 2014 / Leya / 30 kommentarer

A film tunnel that twists and turns..turning back time….A big surprise where we least expected it! Kristianstad was once a real film city and renowned as ”Little Paris” This tunnel contains old film memories of the great days back then in 1905 and the 20th C. This week Kristianstad celebrated its 400 years´ jubilée – and the King and Queen attended.

Weekly Travel theme: Metal

24 maj, 201424 maj, 2014 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

Ailsa’s theme this week is about metal. New Zealand again – Metal things found in the sea, metal for a playground in Auckland, for the Zoo, and works of art for the harbour in Auckland. Mostly impressed I was by the most beautiful dustbins I have ever seen – and for the water in the street …have you ever seen such a marvellous detail?

Train from the sea

Found where?

Playground in Auckland harbour

Auckland Zoo

Somewhere and everywhere in NZ

Lovely…just the idea of it…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Ground, rocks, sand, dirt, paths, walks, trails

22 maj, 201424 maj, 2014 / Leya / 51 kommentarer

My many hikes and walks tell me that I have to find the best ones for Cee…now that she gives us the opportunity to share them!

The levada walks in Madeira are marvellous. The stillness in the air and the soft scents along your walk make you never want it to end.

The hiking trails in the Pyrenées can be rather difficult, but their beauty is outstanding. And so are the ”Pancakes” of New Zealand.

In New Zealand you can also find these magnificent boulders on a sandy beach of the South Island.

Finally something of Ground. From the magnificent plateau in the Himalayas – on the road to Lhasa, Tibet.

Carnival!

21 maj, 2014 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

Lund University is one of Europe’s oldest universities. It is consistently ranked among the world’s top 100 universities and traces its roots back to 1425. Lund University has eight faculties with additional campuses in the cities of Malmö and Helsingborg, with 47,000 students.

The Lund Carnival – Lundakarnevalen…a total of 400 000 spectators in two days. I enjoyed being there again after all these years (- I believe about 35?). This time because my daughter was participating. More than 1000 students are in the parade and their inventive abilities seem to be inexhaustible…I caught only a few of them.

Even younger hat

This celebration of the arrival of Spring started in 1849 and nowadays there are three years between them. The carnival is always built on a theme, and this year it was about our future.

Having Totti at my feet (we couldn’t find a parking in the shadow) I had to move around as best I could…and, in fact I found myself enjoying the spectators inventiveness just as much as the parade itself.