Tuesday, October 16, 2007

PhD Course

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

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey,,,no way, don't stop the blog!!! Although I know and see all the pics and the stories of what you get up to, I still read it..Maybe I need to leave some comments more often??
Bubsy...xx

DrK said...

love the blog hate the facebook. i have not even been to facebook to see what its about. yes i am a tech-luddite. i check here every couple of days to see what youre up to and would miss it, but i understand if you opt out. k xxx

Unknown said...

I far, far prefer this blog!! Not a big fan of facebook -- in fact I don't log on at all anymore...

Will drop you a proper letter quite soon, but just wanted to encourage the continuation of this beautiful blog!!

Hugs til soon, xx L.

DrK said...

also trent says he loves reading your blog and also hates facebook, so you do have readers out there. some people just dont know what to say so they dont comment!

Anonymous said...

I concur with other comment leavers!

Anonymous said...

keep the blog,even though I am slack and don`t comment as much as I should, I like the blog because it seems more personel than facebook and it is a living record of your travels that I love to share.
dave