Flowermountains

Update / Summer

Hurray, finally a new post! People have been complaining that this blog is a bit too abstract and philosophical. They say I should tell more about what I’m actually doing. So here we go.

Mostly I have been working on my thesis…or better said, I have been trying to. I had some start-up problems initially, but now I’m slowly getting somewhere. It will still take up most of the summer, I guess… Fortunately, I can write virtually anywhere, so I make sure to get sunburned occasionally. I also had a week of holiday in between in Cologne (girlfriends need to be kissed now and then…and you won’t hear me complain about that!). That’s also when the summer really got started. Nice weather and all, everything turning green, it was great! Back to Oslo, and also there nature transformed within just one week making Oslo one of the greenest cities I have ever seen. It’s amazing, when you look at the city from slightly above you see lots of trees, more trees, and now and then a rooftop penetrating even more trees. (Ok, I’m slightly exaggerating here, but it is really green!) I’ve uploaded some pictures showing some of the greenness.

Anyhoo, with summer approaching the days also get longer. Quite a bit longer actually, with the sun coming up at around 4:30, not to leave again before 10. And this is still the south of Norway! Even in the middle of the night there’s still some light in the sky, as you can see on the following (kind of blurry) picture:

The picture was taken at 0:52, to give you an impression…luckily I had time enough to get used to sleeping in a somewhat lighter room…

Ok, that’s about enough for now. I’ll add some more of the usual stuff shortly.