02 July 2008

Pictures!

I haven't posted any pictures yet... so here's a hodgepodge of a few (somewhat randomly picked, and in somewhat random order) images from the time I've been in Europe so far:

Piazza della indipendenza, Treviso

San Marco, Venice (of course)

countryside outside of Assisi from a perch by fortress on the top of the hill

... because the most likely place in the world to run into Nick was outside a tobacchi shop as I was putting stamps on postcards (picture in the Pantheon)

Jet d'eau decked out for Eurocup 2008 (Geneva, Switzerland)

View of Geneva off Mount Saleve (France near the French-Swiss border)

At the "other" particle detector (ATLAS) outside of Meyrin, Switzerland (about 150 meters under the surface)

a paraglider (not me) in Interlaken, Switzerland (Joungfrau in the background)

In other news, the CERN Summer Student Lecture Programme started today. There's over 215 students attending the lectures, which makes for crazy lines at the cafeteria when the lectures get out. It's awesome to be at CERN with a bunch of undergraduates from all over the world who have come here for the same reason I have - to learn about particle physics! Maybe by the end of the summer, we'll be referring to ourselves as "CERNois" (as the permanent staff does) instead of by our nationalities.

There's a bunch of other things to update you on (like paragliding and my trip to beautiful Interlaken), but that will have to wait for now!

1 comment:

Lanna said...

These pictures look amazing! I really like the suspended soccer ball and the paraglider (you got to do that?! AWESOME!!).

Also, you should see if your blog allows more entries to show up on the main page (i.e. I think mine is set to 50) so that it's easier for people to just scroll down and see. Especially if you forget to link and let us know. :)

Can't wait for the next entry when I can continue living vicariously through you. ^_^