Student life in Uppsala is generally pretty exciting. I would say this is mainly due to the Nations which organize a large variety of activities. I am planning to explain a bit more on what the Nations are and do in another post, but today I want to tell you all about one particular activity:… Continue reading Social dancing
Month: October 2016
Around Uppsala: Lunsentorpet
Southeast of Uppsala there is a beautiful forest area called Lunsen. It is not far away from campus at all, next to lake Ekoln and on the border to Sävja, where I went picking mushrooms a little while ago. In the middle of this forest there is a clearing where people have built some basic… Continue reading Around Uppsala: Lunsentorpet
Study visit to an Arabian horse stud
The first study visit for the horse course brought me to the strong, heavy Swedish coldblood stallions that spend their days moving logs and cutting grass (read it here!). This second study visit could not have been more different. For our project work in this course – which I will explain more about in a… Continue reading Study visit to an Arabian horse stud
Exams and grading
To be honest I am quite stressed right now. The written exam on the horse course is already this Monday. Even though I went to almost every lecture and managed to pass the multiple choice exams we’ve had so far easily, I am worried. First of all, I started preparing for the exam later than… Continue reading Exams and grading
Around Uppsala: Flogsta
Flogsta… where to begin? First of all, Flogsta is not a touristy place. There won’t be a page in the lonely planet, there is no natural wonder or any real must-see around here. Yet I would like to add Flogsta into this category I started of places worth a visit in and around Uppsala. Flogsta… Continue reading Around Uppsala: Flogsta
Horses: Body Condition Scoring (BCS)
Horses come in many different types and breeds, shapes and sizes. It can be difficult to see whether a horse is fat or muscled, healthy or skinny. Luckily for us, Henneke et al. developed a rather good system to analyse horse body condition back in 1983, that is still widely used. In the past weeks… Continue reading Horses: Body Condition Scoring (BCS)
Top-notch tourist day
Often you are so busy with studying and your everyday life that you almost forget you’re actually living abroad. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, as I think in some way it indicates you made yourself at home. And maybe it also says something about how nice Uppsala is. You tend to forget there… Continue reading Top-notch tourist day
Kanelbullens dag
While all over the world the 4th of October is dedicated to animals, the Swedes have an extra celebration. The fourth of October is the day of the kanelbullar, which is the famous Swedish version of a cinnamon bun. Probably it is more correct to name it the ancestor of the cinnamon bun. ‘A national… Continue reading Kanelbullens dag
That’s so lame.
Back to the fabulous horse-course. It’s going so fast, I wish I had more time to write about everything. Last week we’ve had some very well presented lectures, about gaits and locomotion, anatomy and other aspects combining the use and biology of the horse. One very common reason for horse owners to bring their horse… Continue reading That’s so lame.
The Sami perspective
There are always a lot of interesting things going on in Uppsala. Sometimes there are other lectures organized that seem just too interesting to miss, even though you already have had a full week of lectures. I absolutely love lectures – and always have – but even I have a limit, haha. Therefore I actually… Continue reading The Sami perspective