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 »
How did this happen? Part 3
Posted in Adventures, Arts & Culture, Norway, Travel on 19 September 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Wow, this is getting out of control! I’ve been here since August, almost exactly a month! So here’s the final installment and some catch up…) … And then I got on several planes and with a quick stop over in Atlanta for a work meeting I arrived in… OSLO! I’ll be here through the winter [...]
How did this happen? Part 2
Posted in Home, Sights, Travel, USA on 10 September 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Then we drove to Connecticut for a relaxing vacation… …Followed by a brief visit to New York… And then…
How did this happen? Part 1
Posted in Adventures, Home, Neighborhood, Norway, Travel, USA on 28 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
About 4 weeks ago Wouter and I packed up my car, sold or donated everything that wouldn’t fit, and started driving east from Wisconsin… Goodbye Home!
Now from Oslo!
Posted in Adventures, Travel, Work on 27 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have arrived in Oslo. One week done. It’s fantastic! Can you tell? Bring it Oslo, I’m ready for you!
World Cup Madness!
Posted in Adventures, Neighborhood, Sights, Sport, Travel, tagged fans, FIFA, football, Nederlands Elf Tal, netherlands, Orange Army, soccer, South Africa, World Cup on 15 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
World Cup fever is raging here in the Netherlands. I have been totally remiss in documenting the build-up to the first match (NL 2 – DK 0!), but the country is just covered in flags, signs, banners and pendants in red, white, blue and orange. A week ago we went for a drive around Wouter’s [...]
Turnaround time.
Posted in Travel on 26 April 2010 | 1 Comment »
So it’s back to the NL for me this week. It’s been great to be back in Wisconsin and see loads of friends, but I’m beginning to feel like it’s about time to head home… yes, home! I’ve been thinking that or a couple of days and it’s only now occurred to me that increasingly I [...]
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 [...]
Hello Madison! See you again soon La Maria!
Posted in Dining, Eats, Neighborhood, Sights, Travel on 11 April 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be paying a visit to my home university for the next two weeks. This trip feels very different from previous ones– I wasn’t so sad leaving Schiphol yesterday. Sure, I’ll miss Wouter. But it’s only two weeks and, after all, I live in Amsterdam now. Wow, it still seems weird to say it, but [...]
