Archive for September, 2009
Norway Wrap-Up
So, finally getting to my Norway wrap-up.
After the conference ended on Thursday, I walked around Tromso checking things out (about 6 miles, according to my pedometer). In the process, I visited the Polaria (aquarium) where they have Bearded Seals, the Polar Museet (museum), shopped for a few souvenirs, and bumped into conference attendees from other [...]
Norway Pictures
All of my pictures from Norway are up now at : http://photos.nothingnoteworthy.com/v/travel/2009_norway. I’ll probably post an update tomorrow about my sight-seeing on Thursday afternoon and the trip home.
Ack! No Communications!
Ok, this is the part that sucks. I just got off the phone with John (who I pulled out of a class to talk to) and feel like hearing a little more “voices from home”. But Skype is hating me tonight (keeps dropping my calls), everyone whose number I have memorized is still at work [...]
More Norway
Ok, it’s 9pm here and I’ve finally finished attending the ICCC for the day, given my presentation to SSCI via webcast, caught up on work, and had dinner. If you read my post from this morning, you got quite the jumbled list of subjects. Here’s what I was talking about.
(Oh, and before I forget, I’ve [...]
Ok, Ok — I’m up!
Not exactly bright-eyed and bush-tailed, but I’m up. It’s 8am here and 2am at home. I was worried about being able to sleep through the night, but that wasn’t an issue. I was asleep before my head hit the very wonderful pillow and snoozed my alarm for an extra 1.5 hours. DOH. But I feel [...]
American Life in Norway
I was surprised at how much English is available at the airports and hotel. Almost everyone I spoke to at these two places spoke English, and every sign at the airports I went through today was translated into English. Every announcement was done in the native language and then English. But the buck stops there. [...]
Arriving in Norway
It’s been a very long day, but I’m finally here. My plane left Dulles about 20 minutes late, but we were really cruising once we were in the air. We flew all the way up the coast(beyond Nova Scotia) before heading over the Atlantic toward Copenhagen. I have never liked Airbus because of their fly-by-wire [...]
