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Bronwyn Ellis's avatar

I really enjoyed the walrus story it was lovely and light to read, transporting me back to Svalbard. : )

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

I was thinking about you when writing it 🥰 Hope you are doing all well!

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Nur Nadar's avatar

The walrus slander! Majestic but smelly is a pretty good reputation I suppose

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

I assume they do not give a fck anyway 🤣

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Qi Bing SIA's avatar

Walruses are so cool!! They look like tampons but with alot of wrinkles and 2 terrifying protruding teeths.

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

Oh dear, my brain comes up with a lot of associations, but this one never crossed my mind 🤣! Thanks for reading!

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Milena's avatar

Yay expedition content! 🤩 So many great stories up your sleeve, the words and images are so vivid! (thankfully no odour at all! 😄)

Also great to see your plan around working on research, Substack and Danish. Would be keen to hear how that goes! (are you practicing Danish on Duolingo? 😅)

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

I knew you would love this one! 😍

Well, so far, not much is happening "planned" around research, Substack and Danish. It is all swallowed by final stage moving chaos and the things that life throws at us out of nowhere 🤣

For Danish, I mainly use Babbel at the moment...never really was a fan of Duolingo tbh.

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Ashley Carver's avatar

I loved learning about the walrus and seeing your pictures! So fascinating! I never really thought about how they smelled just from looking at them in pictures, but now that you mention it, they do look like smelly animals. 😂

I also watched the new season of Emily in Paris! ✨

Oh nooo, not the beloved Nutribullet! ❤️‍🩹 I know the tragic feeling losing a favorite kitchen appliance unexpectedly. My recent loss was a pan that I loved. 🫠

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

Hahaha, I also think they look like smelly animals - exactly like elephant seals (but I have not researched yet if they are this smelly, too).

Did not manage to start watching Emily in Paris yet. But it might actually be a good thing to download them all and wait for my long-distance flight in September...

Yeah, it is especially hard if your kitchen appliance fuels a very beloved dish. But well, thank you Amazon, we got Mr. Nutribullet 2.0. And I overheard Sven making an honest promise to him that he would never ever feed him with a metal spoon again 🤣

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Andrew Young's avatar

I am so glad the technology to transmit smell via Substack hasn’t been developed yet, though your writing certainly paints a vivid picture 🤣

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

So true! Hahaha, well, you mean, my writing casted a certain sense of smell? 🤣

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Shanjitha's avatar

It was interesting and funny reading about walruses, especially the stoicism part.

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

Glad you enjoyed it. I am a bit split-minded if I find this kind of stoicism inspirational 🤣 at least not taking it literal 🤣

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Shanjitha's avatar

😂😂😂

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Kate Bown's avatar

I never knew Walruses were so stinky :)

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

Me neither…but apparently, they are 🤣

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Marie Vandoorne's avatar

Hahaha the story made me laugh out loud! I loved it 😍 and I loved the real postcard and meeting you IRL ❤️❤️

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

I am super happy I could put multiple smiles on your face this week! 🥰

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Fabienne Mannherz's avatar

Big smile ☺️😄

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