Month: September 2010

After two weeks of travel we are home again. It was another magnificent two weeks – many scientific and philosophical discussions, beautiful sights, impressive labs and great hosts. One of the best things though was the feeling of doing something unique and out of ordinary in science – at least in our field – with… Continue reading Home!

Last day of lectures on the aerosol train starting in Leipzig. Yesterday we found a marvellous toy shop, went to a bar above Auerbachs Keller where I guess Mephisto himself- assisted with a very stylish bartender- lured us to drink champange. Wolfram kindly invited us to have dinner at his place, we had a great… Continue reading Met Mephisto in Leipzig

We went running also this morning, and thanks to a map bought yesterday saw an amazing view over the Vltava river. After lecturing was assisted by nice “wedding cookies” provided by Vladja. Dining in the restaurant car in a Hungarian train from Prague to Dresden was kind of and experience with the waiter not too… Continue reading From Prague to Leipzig

…is almost like spring since we have travelled south enough to hit summery weather- at least it feels so for us northeners. We both went running around the institute area this morning, very enjoyable. Just like Guinness in Dublin, Pilsner Urquell is best experienced here. Bacon wrapped plums and local honey cake are also recommended.… Continue reading Prague autumn…

Travels guides do not always understand my mindset very well- more trumpet should be blown about a vast disused airport in the middle of a major city- Tempelhof. Once the vital for West Berlin during the airlift, now runway area converted to a park, impressive 1920’s and 1930’s buildings- the scale is enormous. Fleamarket in… Continue reading Arrived in Prague- just about

Potsdam offers Sanssouci place gardens, a vast collection of royal Prussian fancies in grand scale, topped with second world war and cold war memorabilia. My top three is 1) potatoes from grateful Germans on Frederick the Great’s grave 2) Cecilienhof- mock Tudor palace from 1916 , when Germany was at war against Britain, but the… Continue reading Without worries in Potsdam

Stayed the night at Merete’s near Copenhagen, we thank her and her family for hospitality- and laundry service. Ismo and Theo also popped in and we had some great laughs, sadly did not manage to persuade them to spend a weekend in Berlin. This day started with a 7 hour train trip from Copenhagen to… Continue reading Arrived for a weekend in Berlin

After an early morning we arrived at Copenhagen and the second day of the Lund-Copenhagen trip is almost over. We are looking forward to catching up with old Finnish friends (there seem to be many here) and staying with Merete. Tomorrow morning we will head to Berlin for a well-deserved weekend.

The visit to Gothenburg was very nicely organised by the locals, thanks especially to Eva. We had great audience and understood the thermodynamics of fast moving lids much better with their help- this will be put to use also at my thermophysics lectures. Still not completely sure why the vapour does not want to be… Continue reading Arrived in Lund

What a nice seminar room they have here in Gothenburg, 10th floor and view over the whole city, also kitchen and sofa (see photos). At the end of the first day the hosts had arranged a great seminar introducing the women doing aerosol science in Gothenburg. We thought it was a brilliant idea and enjoyed… Continue reading Day two breakfast in Gothenburg