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Sep. 13th, 2010 09:20 pmLook at me finally posting the rest of my pictures from Austria! You know, that place I went in July? :p Next up: Polaris and Fan Expo! :p
( Pictures of Graz )
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Jul. 13th, 2010 02:01 amSpecialist conferegnces are kinda awesome. I've been meeting all sorts of big names in group 14 chemistry (and have been very glad that Kim was here to introduce me, as there is no WAY I would have the nerve to go up to to Phil Power and say hello on my own).
Speaking of Phil Power, conversation with him turned to my first project that didn't work. He said it was a horrible project to put a new grad student on because it was way too hard and he only ever puts postdocs on that chemistry. Apparently the fact that I even made that ligand is an accomplishment. I feel SO MUCH BETTER now. :p
My poster was actually really popular. I often had a queue of people who wanted to talk about what I do. And people who wanted to tell me I'm very brave. :p There are a lot of big names that want me to try to look at their stuff.
After the poster session, we went out for drinks with a bunch of British students, which was great fun. We discussed such things as combining our national sports of queueing and apologizing. And they were amused by Canadian money. We also chatted about Doctor Who for a while. Toward the end I pulled out my fedora and apparently they had noticed it the day before and didn't recognize me without it.
Graz is an interesting city. The shops are all closed on Sundays, but apparently 6 AM is a good time for jackhammering.
Speaking of Phil Power, conversation with him turned to my first project that didn't work. He said it was a horrible project to put a new grad student on because it was way too hard and he only ever puts postdocs on that chemistry. Apparently the fact that I even made that ligand is an accomplishment. I feel SO MUCH BETTER now. :p
My poster was actually really popular. I often had a queue of people who wanted to talk about what I do. And people who wanted to tell me I'm very brave. :p There are a lot of big names that want me to try to look at their stuff.
After the poster session, we went out for drinks with a bunch of British students, which was great fun. We discussed such things as combining our national sports of queueing and apologizing. And they were amused by Canadian money. We also chatted about Doctor Who for a while. Toward the end I pulled out my fedora and apparently they had noticed it the day before and didn't recognize me without it.
Graz is an interesting city. The shops are all closed on Sundays, but apparently 6 AM is a good time for jackhammering.
Vienna Day 2
Jul. 11th, 2010 11:11 amWe got off to a bit start yesterday because it took forever to get Kim's youngest out of bed. But we eventually made it downtown to continue our walking tour of Vienna. We walked by the Imperial Palace, the Parliament Buildings and the university. We also went to the Albertina, which is an art gallery with an impressive Impressionist collection. They actually start with Impressionism and then the later galleries are all organized through the progression up to the modern day. A lot of Monet, Renoir and Picasso (it's always exciting when I actually recognize the artist!). Amazing stuff.
I dated myself horribly when I said that the woman in one of the paintings looked like Carmen Sandiego and Aislinn had no clue what I was talking about. Kids these days!
After the art gallery we went to Rathauspark where they were holding a food festival. Good place for lunch! And of course after that we stopped for more gelato. There was random dancing with drums in the street. I'm not sure what exactly was going on, but it was cool!
After that we went to Schonbrunn palace. We were too late to tour the inside, but we walked through the gardens and took lots of pictures. Then we went to a beer garden and had Wienerschnitzel, because some things simply must be done.
Now we`re in Graz, which looks like a lovely city from what we saw while hauling our luggage to the hotel. We even managed to get a room despite Jess and me each thinking the other was taking care of booking that!
I dated myself horribly when I said that the woman in one of the paintings looked like Carmen Sandiego and Aislinn had no clue what I was talking about. Kids these days!
After the art gallery we went to Rathauspark where they were holding a food festival. Good place for lunch! And of course after that we stopped for more gelato. There was random dancing with drums in the street. I'm not sure what exactly was going on, but it was cool!
After that we went to Schonbrunn palace. We were too late to tour the inside, but we walked through the gardens and took lots of pictures. Then we went to a beer garden and had Wienerschnitzel, because some things simply must be done.
Now we`re in Graz, which looks like a lovely city from what we saw while hauling our luggage to the hotel. We even managed to get a room despite Jess and me each thinking the other was taking care of booking that!
