Hopped a flight back to the UK last night with chums Craig and Graham. The flight was pretty short, once we baked the jet under a de-icing machine. We fly into Heathrow. First time I've ever seen London. Simply put: Amazing. It's so enormously big. Norway is some bitter, cold country. Man, I thought Michigan had bad weather. At least in Michigan they get more than 4 hours of pale light near the horizon.
I am working today (10AM-??) and all day tomorrow, then a straight flight back to Denver via Heathrow on Saturday. I'm not sure what time the flight puts me back in the US, but I'll figure it out today.
Gotta run off to work. Anarchy in the UK!!!!
Showing posts with label norway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label norway. Show all posts
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
A couple quick pics
Howdy all,
Still kickin' it Scandanavia. Norway is really strange. It's kind of what I always assumed Iceland would be like; all glacial rocks, ice, and strange, guttural, Bjork-sounding languages. A few quick observations and pics, then off to sleep and return to training. I passed today's training (DLP chips and color wheel algorithms), but tomorrow's is a bit more difficult, from what I understand.
There really is a difference between the British Isles and Europe. I can't really identify it, but when I landed in Amsterdam, I felt it. It had that feeling I have come to associate with my trip with Chad a few years back. It's a mix of cigarette smoke, open sewers, and being really disoriented by foreign, incomprehensible languages. It is a totally different feeling from UK. When I was there a couple months back, I had no strong sense that I was back in Europe. I wasn't. I was in the UK. But just running through Amsterdam and spending these past couple days in Noway, I have recaptured it. It's strange, but welcoming. To anyone traveling East, don't just hit the islands. Go down into the continent. They're very different, more different than I realized.
That's about it from here. I studied/tested all day, drank some beers with Norwegians and Brits, and now I'm due for a long sleep before I have to get up, train, test, and fly to the UK. I leave here tomorrow night around 8:30PM (+1GMT). I will post more when I can get back online. Peace n' love!
(Me, taking a picture of me in my room in Fredrikstan)
(The lobby of Raddison in Fredrikstad)
(A pub where I shot a drink that tasted like pickle juice and vodka and discussed the Simpsons Movie. Graham on the left.)
Still kickin' it Scandanavia. Norway is really strange. It's kind of what I always assumed Iceland would be like; all glacial rocks, ice, and strange, guttural, Bjork-sounding languages. A few quick observations and pics, then off to sleep and return to training. I passed today's training (DLP chips and color wheel algorithms), but tomorrow's is a bit more difficult, from what I understand.
There really is a difference between the British Isles and Europe. I can't really identify it, but when I landed in Amsterdam, I felt it. It had that feeling I have come to associate with my trip with Chad a few years back. It's a mix of cigarette smoke, open sewers, and being really disoriented by foreign, incomprehensible languages. It is a totally different feeling from UK. When I was there a couple months back, I had no strong sense that I was back in Europe. I wasn't. I was in the UK. But just running through Amsterdam and spending these past couple days in Noway, I have recaptured it. It's strange, but welcoming. To anyone traveling East, don't just hit the islands. Go down into the continent. They're very different, more different than I realized.
That's about it from here. I studied/tested all day, drank some beers with Norwegians and Brits, and now I'm due for a long sleep before I have to get up, train, test, and fly to the UK. I leave here tomorrow night around 8:30PM (+1GMT). I will post more when I can get back online. Peace n' love!
(Me, taking a picture of me in my room in Fredrikstan)
(The lobby of Raddison in Fredrikstad)
(A pub where I shot a drink that tasted like pickle juice and vodka and discussed the Simpsons Movie. Graham on the left.)
Monday, November 26, 2007
Our Man in Amsterdam / Norway
Made it. Made it all the way. Now I'm in Norway. At the Radisson. Sans my luggage (it's still in Amsterdam). Now I get to sleep. Sleep. I will recap when I am able to type again. 'Till then: Goodnight.
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