I'm sorry I've been so slack with keeping in touch, I'll try harder next week. But now I've got to try to remember the last 3 weeks. I'm having trouble putting them in the right order, so I'm just going to put everything out of order, if that's OK.
I went sledding with a couple of friends the other day. It had s
nowed quite a lot for the week, but the Friday we decided to go had warmed up a bit, and it had rained quite a lot so the snow was quiet slushy. Slush is not acceptable for sledding, so we waited till about 10pm when it cooled down enough for the snow to become a bit more solid. We went to the biggest mountain in Potsdam/Spandau (a suburb of Berlin) (took about 10min to walk to the summit).
Then proceeded to spend the next 3-4 hours walking up and sledding down. Needless to say, I felt it the next day!
Also went to a movie in the Berlinale (big, famous, film festival). Saw a kiwi movie called The Strength of Water - was very cool to hear thick "Northland accents". The director was there, and had questions and answers afterwards. A bit bizarre walking out of the theatre after watching Northland scenery for 2h into thick falling snow. Highly recommend the movie if you get the chance.
But the snow's days are numbered, I believe. It's definitely warmer, all the snow on the ground has melted. A few of us from work went iceskating last weekend, and the ice was kind of melting a bit, I think it was the last weekend that ice rink was open. There are even buds on the trees, so spring must be just around the corner.
What's also just around the corner is a presentation I'm giving tomorrow morning (just to out lab group). I'm going to conference on the other side of Germany (in Bochum) next week, and giving the same short talk there. All the Germans look a bit sorry for me when I tell them where I'm going - but I have been told that the university looks like a space ship, and that it's the place to go in Germany if you like musicals, so it can't be all bad... Anyway, I'd better go to bed to get a good night's sleep before my presentation tomorrow.
Hope you are all well. Love hearing what you're up to! Yes, really!
Adam
1 comment:
A spaceship university and musicals. Brilliant. I just moved flat, we are now living in Ellerslie and my room is a dungeon, it's pretty weirdly awesome. Hope your talks go well. Make sure, if you find out anything awesome, to skip the country and patent it under an alias.
I'm going overseas in April...there is a vague possibility that I will come and visit you, will keep you posted (although this would be more like Julyish).
Keep the blog entries coming!
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