Verdejo

After a few days of grey skies and snow, the sky finally cleared this morning. But with that came a sharp drop in temperature, all the way down to -7 degrees. I could not help but worry about the spring flowers in the garden outside. Around noon, however, the quicksilver had climbed back firmly above zero, just in time for a 12k river run (in reverse this time) wearing my old trusted Hoka Clifton 6s.

With William still coughing like crazy, this week has been one long “vobb” as I have been working on the first article related to my new research project on competing sectoral claims for biomass and planning the remainder of the spring semester. On Monday, I am back to commuting again as I head down to Halmstad to grade exams and meet a new batch of teachers who are writing their final theses.

Later for dinner, I decided to make a long-time Rawls & Me favourite, namely Kerala-style mango salmon together with some self-imported Marqués de Riscal from a bit north of Madrid. Based on the Verdejo grape, it has a fresh taste of pear and melon, making me dream of Salamanca and all the other magic towns of Castilla y Léon.