The beauty of the international academic lifestyle is not in the distance from friends and family. It is not in the intellectual stimulation and the chance to hobnob with the best and the brightest in one’s field (although this is surely not a downside). The beauty is in the chance to travel. Last year brought me Detroit, [...]
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Travel: Vienna
Posted in Adventures, Arts & Culture, Countries, Friends, Touring, Travel, Work on 21 September 2010 | 1 Comment »
All hail the queen! (Koninginnedag 2010)
Posted in Adventures, Friends, Locals, Neighborhood, Parties, People, Sights on 7 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last Friday the 30th was Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day), the Dutch national day. It is celebrated every year in honor of the queen’s birthday… well, actually the queen’s mother’s birthday. One the first acts of the current queen, Beatrix, when she was crowned was to declare that Koninginnedag would remain on April 30th to honor her [...]
Texas, fine; it’s Iceland you shouldn’t mess with
Posted in Adventures, Arts & Culture, Friends, History, Museums, Travel, Work on 18 April 2010 | 1 Comment »
Back from my conference in Texas– very productive, saw some very interesting presentations and met up with colleagues from all over the world. I didn’t have much time for touring, but what I saw of Dallas was nice: had some tex-mex and visited the 6th Floor Museum. The Museum chronicles the life and death of [...]
PhD Promotion, in Style!
Posted in Cultural Differences, Friends, Locals on 3 March 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last Friday was the PhD defense of a Dutch friend Frank. He is former university-mate of Wouter’s brother and sister-in-law and, along with Wouter, they have been a tight knit group ever since. He finished his PhD thesis in Innovation Studies several months ago, but to make things extra special, he scheduled his defense for [...]
… and Arrivals
Posted in Expats, Friends, Travel on 11 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My good friends Tom and Betty just returned to their Swedish second home a couple of weeks ago. They split their time every year between Stockholm and Wisconsin and have certainly become role models for me with regard to living as an expat. As we switched positions last week– me coming to Wisconsin, them heading [...]
