I'm still on track with my new things, but only thanks to my work trip. Need to get organised with plans for the coming weeks!

I had two free days in Hong Kong on my way home, which was a nice break and also helpful for getting back on the right time zone.

( Hong Kong )

My second fun, new thing last Saturday was going dogsledding, at the same place I went horse riding. It was dark, so my photos are all of before and after, but these photos on their website show what it was like ( Read more... )

I did some really fun stuff with my one free day in Sweden and this was the highlight. I'm only counting it as one new thing, but it was actually quite a few: I'd never ridden in the snow, never ridden an Icelandic horse, never ridden at the tölt (a gait unique to the breed), and never ridden in pitch darkness with a headlamp ( Read more... )

I've had an utterly fantastic week at my company's operations in northern Sweden, despite the fact that I've done nothing yet but work. The place is like a fairytale winter wonderland. The moon has been huge and low in the sky during the dark, early morning drive to the mine, there's deep snow on the ground and on the trees and the roofs of houses ( Read more... )

Thanks to all who offered laptop advice! I ended up with an under-$1000 HP550 with a 15 inch screen and no number pad. juffles, I liked the keyboard on this one better than the Toshibas ( Read more... )

Thanks to the two people I went to Sweden to meet with last year, who have since resigned, and their replacements, who are yet to meet a reporting deadline, I'm going back there, leaving Saturday night. The plan is for one week at the company's operations in northern Sweden and then a few days in Hong Kong on the way home. Back around the 18th. ( Read more... )

Just for completeness and so I have my whole trip in one convenient location, here are some pictures from London. I spent most of my time at museums where you couldn't take photos, so this isn't representative of all the great things I saw and it's a bit military history-centric. 
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( Oslo, including Viking ships and a really old sword )

My trip's getting to be a long time ago and I planned to finish sorting through my photos on the weekend, but I was too busy refreshing LJ for news about emma_in_oz's baby! Welcome to the world, baby!

( Norway: Bergen and fjords )

( Guards at the Royal Palace )