Some of you might remember that a few weeks (was it even months??) ago I was involved in teaching a course for people doing their PhD in Norway in something nano related to get their ethics and philosophy of science credits. There is kind of a requirement here that all PhD students have to do a course in ethics and phil of sci at some point in their degree.We held our week long PhD course at a lovely little place up in the mountains called Vatnahalsen and took one afternoon off teaching to walk with the students down the 20km track into the Flåm valley and up (ouch!) to a lovely eco/local food only farm for dinner, before catching the train back to the hotel/course location. It was a lovely time so I wanted to share some of the photos.
Front of hotel getting ready for the walk...yes notice the wet weather gear on most (all except our one philosophy student in the middle - he did not believe in the reality of rain) and man did we need it, we got drenched!!
This here be the beginning of the track down...
This is the tunnel of light - when we walked into the tunnel it was pouring and when we came out it was hot and sunny, very very strange!
Strolling after the tunnel of light
Farmers look away, there was no shortage of water here...
The killer uphill climb at the end of the day
Finally the great farm house and food at the top!
This was a lot of photos and there is a reason for this. I am thinking about making this my last blog. You see, with the facebook revolution, I am not sure how many people (except dear Kylie) are actually checking this blog. It is far too time consuming to post for no/one reader so if you like the blog, hate the facebook, let me know by leaving a comment and I might be persuaded to continue! xxx
