Tag Archives: travel
Emyn Muil
I never got around to writing about a lot of my adventures in Germany, partly because I was having trouble uploading pictures to WordPress. So, I guess you’re in luck, ’cause I figured that out. When my parents came and … Continue reading
train ride in real time
Last Friday evening, one of Norway’s national broadcast stations showed a documentary called “Bergensbanen minutt for minutt” – “Bergen Line, Minute for Minute.” It was a seven-hour-long documentary showing, in real time, the train trip from Bergen to Oslo. Seven … Continue reading
one heck of a hole in the ground
Hey, so all those people weren’t lying: The Grand Canyon is spectacular. We only had time for a day trip between the concerts in Phoenix and Las Vegas, but I’m told we picked the prettiest trail to go down. It’s … Continue reading
ant portrait
I got excited when I saw these ants running around on the sidewalk at a scenic overlook in Arizona, because I vaguely remembered that the ants I studied in grad school were from Arizona. But I spent a lot of … Continue reading
cliff dwellings
The best vacation ever included a stop by Montezuma Castle, a cliff dwelling just off the highway between Phoenix and Flagstaff. Our original plan for the day was to take the scenic route and stop by this place. But, thanks … Continue reading
best vacation ever
Whew. After 2.5 months in Berlin, I came home for a week, then went to Arizona and Nevada for a week to see U2 twice and do some sightseeing. Fellow science writer Kate flew in from Oregon, we rented a … Continue reading
travels in liberia
My plan for the month of November was to go to Namibia, but then the friends I was going to visit moved to Liberia. Honestly, I wasn’t that disappointed – a trip to see Namibia, with all its big game … Continue reading
home! home!
After a very long time on an airplane, a much-longer-than-planned time at the Newark airport, and a very short time on another airplane, I am home from Berlin! Hooray! Now I have to think of something to do on my … Continue reading
oktoberfest starts in september
This weekend the Burns Fellows had our official almost-end-of-fellowship meeting in Munich (or, if you prefer, München). There’s this little festival you may have heard of in Munich. Happens once a year? Lots of beer and lederhosen? Yeah, Oktoberfest, that’s … Continue reading
flying is not that fun anymore
The most annoying thing about Europe is the trouble it takes to get here. My flying experience, I must say, was really not that nice. The first flight, from Dulles to Newark, was in a turboprop, and it started out … Continue reading