Even after two years living abroad, somethings still strike me as odd. At lunch on Saturday, Ryan said ‘… last weekend when we were in Lisbon …’ and I followed with ‘… when I was in Istanbul a couple of weeks ago …’. Somehow those thoughts and realities sometimes just don’t seem right or something […]
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A relaxing weekend away
September 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Quick trip to Istanbul
September 14th, 2008 · Comments Off
Following Edward to his European layovers, I found myself in Istanbul this past weekend. Ed is on his way to a couple of the *-istan countries to study a bit of language and exploring a bit over the next 5 or so weeks. We also met up with Ela, a friend that I met playing […]
Tags: Friends · holidays · Life · Travel
Back in Fairbanks
July 7th, 2008 · Comments Off
It has been a while since my last post. Life has been more than a bit busy lately. Now I am in Fairbanks and it really feels good to be back. I have been here for the past week or so for the NICOP conference hosted by UAF. The conference was good, but the highlights […]
A week of contrasts
May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
Last week, my friend Mareike (engineer I met on Svalbard last summer) and I spent a week wandering around Romania. Romania is situated in the far east of Europe bordering on the Black Sea. It is a country that underwent a bloody revolution in 1989 and is appears to be building its way back out […]
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EGU wrap up
April 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
A good meeting. Much better than last year’s. Maybe because Ryan wasn’t there. Probably not, but there is a good correlation there. I was busy at my poster presentation. Julia, Torsten, and Sebastian all gave good talks. Julia was busy at Moritz’s poster as well. I think the SPARCs managed to represent themselves pretty well. […]
EGU — Day 1
April 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I am now in Vienna ‘live-blogging’ at the European Geophysical Union meeting. I arrived on time (although I almost missed my train to the airport) to very sunny, warm, and a green city. Spring is definitely coming to Europe! Last weekend in Potsdam it really felt like spring. I am happy about this. Yesterday was […]
