My travels of physics...

As a guest of Christos Likos at the Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf...

 

Lyon - November 2006

James, Amelia, Liam and I took off for a weekend in Lyon to watch the All Blacks play France. We won the game by a huge margin, and it was a fantastic weekend of drinking and fun. Kent was also town, along with Ricky and some of his mates. On Sat...

 

The Official Rugby World Cup 2007 Journal of the Unofficial Rugby World Cup Organising Committee

Well it’s here. After months, bordering on years, of planning and preparation by the Unofficial Rugby World Cup Organising Committee, the Rugby World Cup 2007 has finally placed its kicking tee and launched a spiralling ball in the direction of the All...

 

What Sound Does A Horse Make When It Hits A Train??

Well we are currently on the train from Zurich to Innsbruck. Beautiful scenery. We are now in an compartment train with two other girls who can't be any more than 16 and are smoking. That is one thing I don't think I will be able to get used to. Almost...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

The Tortured Compass

The loose ends are almost complete. The dog looks to be well looked after, my house renter should be moving in any day now, quit my job and most supplies are purchased. Now I just have to purchase a plan ticket and find a country to start my adventure ...

 

Study Abroad '06-'07

Well, I made it! And this entry may take a while to write, as I have to get used to a French keyboard...so please excuse any typos that I may be too tired to fix! I arrived in Frankfurt yesterday morning without any problems...my luggage came in, c...

 

A Week in the French Alps

Special commendation to Richie for organizing this trip for us, and Steveo with helping me remember everything that happened. 20 of us flew into St Etienne, we [last name removed upon request] had a sniffer dog giving him grief and had to head off f...

 

From Beaujolais to Lyon

Friday 21st April 2006 ====================== Getting used to the early morning starts now (although I am sure Pam would tend to disagree, still a bit cranky and look like a homeless person but that is ok, you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do to ge...

 

Various trips to France

A very relaxing week spent in a small goats house in La Grave. Unfortunately out of season so no skiing but really good to get away for some needed relaxation and to catch up on lots of reading next to the fire. Briancon is a very cute little town w...

 

FONDUE TO FERRARI

2nd APRIL – 10th APRIL TOUR MEMBERS: Daniella Lang, Sharelle Tulloh, Michael Moir Monday 2nd April, Tuesday 3rd April – Geneva, Switzerland One is very quick to appreciate arriving in Switzerland days before Easter Sunday. Seriously in chocolat...

 

Contiki: European Escapade

01/06/2005 Started off on our Australian rite of passage today, a 25 day Contiki tour. The hotel that they put us up in was pretty grotty but it was central and everyone else from our tour was staying there as well so we got a chance to get to k...