The adventure of refinding my creative side

As many others I did creative things like sewing as a child. But some months back I decided that I wanted to start a hobby project for the first time in over 10 years. The reason, one of my very good firends were having her first baby, and I wanted to make something special as a gift for her and the baby.
Together with another friend of mine I decided that a patchwork blanket would be a good thing, and since it was going to be for the baby, it would just be a small one. So after a few months of sewing, cutting, getting help from my friends grandmom I finished the blanket just more than 2 weeks after the baby were born.
I started up with this - some cardboard and fabric

Some pictures during the sewing process, where I first sewed the fabric to the cardbord and then sewed it all together, to the blanket.

And ended up with this result

Right now I think there is a chance that I will get hooked to making things with patchwork and I am already thinking about the next project I can do. For now I am considering to make a bag, if I can find a template that I like. 

India July 2010

In July 2010 it was time for a holiday, after I finished and defended my master thesis and could call myself Master in Supply Chain Management.
I really needed a holiday, and decided that India were the right place to go since, I were sure the weather would be good. In Denmark that is not a given eventhough it is July. This time the trip would go to Armritsar, Dharamasala and sightseeing in Delhi.
I had wanted to see the Golden Temple for some time, and finally I had time. It was a beautiful as I had imagined, and the ambience at the temple grounds were fantastic. I am that kind of a person that just like to be in temples, churches and mosks. Even though I have been brought up in a christian socierty, In my family we have never gone to church every sunday or just once in a while. Unless there are special occasions like weddings, babtishmes, Christmas or something like that. But the special feeling there are in a temple, church or mosk facinates me. The fact that it is a holy place to someone els gives the place a special meaning. I like to hear, read talk aout other religions, to broaden my view. Because I feel this way I always try to see a lot of different religious places when I am travelling. The Golden temple was no different, and then up top of the it is just so pretty. I would like to go again, since I were only there during the day. It could be great to go there sometime around sunrise and sunset. Below you can find a few pictures from the Golden Temple.

The day after we went to the Indian/Pakistan border, where there every night is a show. When we got there, there were different entrences for men, women and foreginers. To go into the foreigner section the security want to see your passport, so it is a good idea to take this when going there. And also carry as few things with you as possible, because it is mandatory to leave your bag outside. I were glad that I wore pants where I could put what I had of value in my bag into my pockets. Sometimes it pays off to travel light when going to see things in India, because you can be asked to not bring your bag/purse inside. Here are a few pictures from the show.

There were so many people that it were hard to get pictures without other people bloking the view. But these 3 pictures are some of the best ones I have from that day. I like the second one it really gives an idea about how packed the "stadium" were. Before getting to the actual "stadium" there were several security checks, where men and woman had to be in different lines. In situations like this I would sometimes wish that I were able to speak and understand some hindi. But it is never a real problem, since you can just do what the other women are doing and then it always works out. :-)
After a few great days in Armritsar the trip headed with a taxi to Dharamasala, home to the Tibetan exile government and the Dalai Lama. We arrived the day before his birthday and were able to go into the temple and look at all of the decorations and preparations that had been made for the celebrations the following day. It was all very beautiful.

We stayed in Dharamasala for a few days, enjoyed the weather and the sights. I am a very big fan of the Indian hill stations, and have been lucky enough to visit a few of them. Here are a few pictures from the area.

We also went to see a waterfall in the area, this is a few pictures from the walk there and the waterfall.

After the days in the north we headed back to New Delhi. Here I got to see of few of the ights that I did not see during my first real sightseeing trip in Delhi in August 2008. I also got to see the Lotus Temple inside this time, along with the Humayun's Tomb and the Indian Parliament.

To finish off this post I want to share some of the great mountain view pictures I took during the trip to the north.

This was the end of my holliday and I went back home.

London 20-23 of May 2010

Just after I defended my master thesis in May of 2010, I decided that I needed a small holiday. One of my friends from IIM C now live and work in London, and since I have only been there 1 time, even though it is very close this were a perfect oppertunity to go for a few days. I did not to that many things but I did a little sightseeing, and just spend some time with my friend. For me there is something about being able to relax and forget about all of the worries when I leave my home. I did not take a lot of pictures in those few days but here are a few from Hyde Park.

I had a great few days, the weather was nice, I did a bit of shopping and meet up with my friend.when he was done with work. I just really needed to get out and experience something after working for quite some months with my master thesis, finally handing it in and defending it. This was my gift to myself for finishing my master education at CBS.

Snow in Copenhagen

During the last few vinters we have had quite a bit of snow in Copenhagen, so here are a few of the pictures I have taken.
I am one of those people that like that the seasons change here in Denmark, but after some time I get bored with snow, and cold weather and start wishing for spring and summer. But here summer do not last for so long, and it can be a bit cold too. A good summer day here is around 25 degrees, sunny with out a lot of wind. A cold winter day would be a lot of snow and between -5 and -10 degrees, but here the chill factor playes a bit part of the weather, since we almost always have a wind and often a strong one. Here are the promised winter photos.

England 8-12 Swptember 2009

I decided to take a little break from writing my master thesis and go and visit a friend from IIM C in England. I had only been to London 1 in my life and never any other places in England, so the fact that one of my friends were living in the north of England, just made it easy to decide to go for a few days.
He has his won car so we had the oppertunity to drive a bit around and see different things, a few of the things we saw was, Lake District, Blackpool, Manchester.
I really liked the nature in Lake District, and at some point it could be fun to go back and do a bit of hicking in that area. Here are a few of the pictures I took there.

We also went to Blackpool, for me it is a bit of a strange city with the carnevals and all, but it was a fun experience to see all of it. Also since it was my very first visit I did not know what to expect. Here are the pictures I took.

All in all I had a great few days, where I were able to relax and get some energy restored before I went home and worked more on my master thesis. For me this was the time to do it since, I knew I would not have the oppertunity to take an impulsive trip when I first got a job.

Paris 8-12 of June 2009

Even though I have lived in Copenhagen my whole life, I have never been to Paris. So in spring 2009 I decided that it was time to go see Paris. Also because 2 of the girls from my time at IIMC were living in Paris, so it was a good chance to see the city and the girls at the same time. I spend the days walking around in Paris, seeing a lot of the tourist sights, and then meeting up with the girls in the afternoon and evening.
Here are a few pictures from my trip to Paris:

Hopefully I will get a second chance to go to Paris at some point, because as you can see in the pictures it was raining a lot of the time while I was there. But it was still great to experience Paris and see some of the places that my friends talk about. But next time I want to go with someone, because I find it much more fun to travel with other people. So that I have someone to share the experience with.