Here are some random scenes from Berlin. I hoped to send these pictures as updates whenever I spontaneously took them. This desire would have been realized with technological help such as my friend Aaron recently alerted me to. Alas, I’m not that plugged in yet. Instead, here you have my random spontaneity in bulk condensed form. Enjoy! 
I’m in Poznan, Poland!
I’ll be here for the next week for another summer school (like in Karthaus) until Friday. We’ll be learning about paleoclimatology and using isotope records as proxies. The most fascinating part so far was the train ride from Berlin last night. I was on a train that looked like it came straight out of James Bond in the 60s. It was dark outside and we made stops in remote places, but of course, I had my guard up for when Jaws would arrive…
A friendly traveling companion
Will it count?
Pics from my visit to the Hintereisferner Glacier on the border of Italy and Austria!
Today we were supposed to go on a field trip to the nearest glacier. First up a cable car from about 2000m up to around 3200m. Then we would hike along the ridge above it until we found ourselves with a spectacular view of Hintereisferner, which I think is one of the longest glaciers in Europe. This didn’t happen, since the entire valley was covered with fog and it has continuously rained from morning until now.
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So I’m now at the Karthaus Glaciology Summer School. I’ll try to upload pics frequently over the next 2 weeks.
As I’ve learned so far, every night there is a five course meal, with wine included, just set out on the table in bottles. And lunch, there are 3 courses. And we have two coffee breaks between lectures with accompanying fresh warm pastries. I guess all the calories go into all the thinking we’re doing?!
Well of course I had to add some pics from the meals since yesterday. They even changed it up for lunch - the first day without pasta… instead it was a nice cheesy risotto. But we also studied quite a bit today, so I added some pics from the lectures too. But on our short day today (which just ended at 4pm), the weather isn’t quite ideal, with continuous slow rain throughout the day. We’ll see if our hike on the glacier is possible tomorrow. But we’re supposed to go up to 3200m or so and have some expansive views of the glaciers in the region. Now if someone will just lend me a hat!
Barack Obama recently blessed us with a visit to Germany’s capital city - much to the chagrin of everyone else everywhere. For detailed analyses of the visit here and elsewhere, might I recommend The Daily Show. Meanwhile, here are some photos of the event.
A recent diplomatic visit by Dan and Aaron:
