jan's diary

This morning Jan Thomas, Sebastian, and I played with creating a simple animation over at http://goanimate.com/.

Update: Jan made this one all by himself.

This one is Jan Thomas’ creation.

Sebastian decided it was finally time to jump voluntarily into the pool yesterday! A big moment for father and, I assume, for the patient swimming instructors who have lifted or dropped him into the water the last three weeks.

Jan Thomas played in his first chess tournament this week. He remembered the most important chess rule: To have fun!

Today we paid the local science museum a visit. Some photos, but first a video:

Sebastian floating in space, with some help.

Small feet:

Absorbing mirrors:

How can these eight pieces fit in the box?

Jan Thomas and Archimedes lift a car:

A star is being swallowed by a black hole:

Gran Circo Mundial entertained us exquisitely for three hours at La Laguna today. Clowns, acrobats, elephants, horses, dogs, magic, … It had everything!

Yesterday we celebrated 17de mai in Los Cristianos at the Southern tip of Tenerife. 17de mai tog, pølser, lompe, is, kake. 17de mai tale and more. Very pleasant arrangement by Norske Sjømannskirke. I was queried by a few tourists what we celebrated and if the flag we carried was from Scandinavia. A bar owner did his best when he shouted ‘Hej flicka!’ (Swedish for ‘Hi girl!)

The cake was delicious!

(Cake photo by Kristina Nelson)