pax_athena: (swing ride)
2018-09-25 04:15 pm
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USA II + Vienna 2018

I guess this (short glimpses of my life via commented photos) seems to be my new post format? I'll just roll with it. We'll see how long it stays that way.

So let's go back to the last two weeks of August and the USA (August 17-25) & Austria (August 26 - September 3) trip.

( food, museums, geeky stuff, etc. )




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pax_athena: (stripy socks)
2017-08-06 04:03 pm
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glimpses of (everyday) life

Each of this things was supposed to be a post of it's own or a part of a thematic post. Oh well ... You'll just get a wild potpourri from a picture of what remains of a spacecraft after a rocket failure over food in Prague to random impressions from living in the Netherlands and food hauls from the market:




This one is from the visit at the main mission control center of the European Space Agency ("European Space Operations Centre" in Darmstadt) - they invited me to give a talk and gave me a nice tour of the facilities, including this showcase with what remains of Cluster I spacecraft after the failure of its carrier rocket. Cluster II went into space four years later, in 2000, and is still used for very cool science by some of my colleagues.


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And now I'm off to Amsterdam to eat some Georgian food with friend/acquittances (somehow it's mainly afterwards, once they or I moved away that I know what of the two people are ...). Maybe more photos of that, who knows?
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pax_athena: (touchy)
2017-02-17 06:59 pm
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  • Current Mood: listless
  • Current Location: leiden
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trinities[*]

  • Three things on the news that make me despair[**]:
    • American politics
    • Dutch politics
    • Poll numbers of the German Greens
  • Three things that gave me warm fuzzy work feelings:
    • The support of my colleagues for my candidacy for the staff association
    • That talk invitation (that also makes a very awkward trip a lot easier)
    • Witty e-mail conversations with a bunch of my favorite people
  • Three things this weekend that I am looking forward to and am somewhat intimidated by:
    • Fancy lunch with someone I only ever met at a couple of conferences (and who isn't in science anymore) but who shares my love for good food later today.
    • Good-bye party of a colleague tomorrow.
    • Meeting with a local LJ-friend (*winkwink*) the day after tomorrow.
  • Three things I ordered online recently:
    • A blender (because the one I bought wasn't working properly - I have better hopes for this one).
    • Two pairs of jeans and two black turtleneck sweaters (keeping only a pair of jeans, unfortunately; I needed a good black turtleneck more, alas ...)
    • 10 books (all by women, all but one foreign)
  • Three trips in March:
    • Rosenheim
    • Paris
    • Naples
  • Three homemade things in my freezer:
    • Cauliflower soup
    • Pasta bake
    • Minipancakes
  • Three things on my phone that make me happy:
    • WhatsApp (because friends far away)
    • Pokemon Go (because Generation 2 Pokemon since today!)
    • That new word-game in "Peak" where I reached the legendary status now
  • Three museums I've been to so far:
    • Sieboldhuis Leiden (Japanese Museum) for the Kunisada Exhibition
    • NEMO Science Museum Amsterdam (OMG! Live chain reaction!)
    • Fries Museum Leeuwarden for the Alma-Tadema exhibition


[*] Of course, if I use the word "trinity" I mean this one, which is one of my usual recommendations if people ask for a great self-contained series within the DC universe.
[**] No, discussion not welcome.
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