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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

My Dorm

For those interested in stalking me, these picture include beautiful roses, and also a bidet:

Awesomest car EVER!

I found this car near the edge of the Miramare grounds. I am in looooove with it, and take pictures at every opportunity. Sometimes the car has a friend.

Pictures follow:

Awesomest car EVER!

Snow!!!!!

On Wednesday morning, it started to snow. They closed the castle, thanks to the snow, dashing our plans.

The snow is part of a huge cold wave that affects both the Europe and North America. There was also a huge cold wave the day I was born, so, at least in one way, the snow is conveniently timed.

Pictures!

Snow!

First (evening) visit to Trieste

I finally made it to Trieste on Tuesday, night, with Reese and Apurva (he is male - don't ask further). It was too dark to see much, this is the best I could do, as far as pictures:

First (evening) visit to Trieste

Miramare castle, or walking to class

The first day of class, my roommate Reese and I walked through the Miramare castle grounds to class. The castle was sadly not open at 8 am. Also, since the path literally spirals, we subsequently took the much less scenic route through the tunnel under the gardens.

This was before the weather turned ugly - it was only slightly chilly. Walking on a dirt path under the pine trees, I experienced a flashback of the first day of high school. Looking at the castle helped me keep it real.

Pictures follow:

Miramare castle, or walking to class

Trieste, or actually ICTP in Grignano

I arrived Saturday night at my destination, which is about 5 km from Trieste. I was tired at night, but I took pictures when I woke up early in the morning from jetlag.

Pictures from my apartment, including those that I took over the next two weeks follow:

Assorted views from Trieste apartment in various weather

Munich

I flew through Munich airport last Sunday. It looked spiffy inside, and dismal outside. I was there for four hours, mostly spent in the airplane mall. I noticed that most things cost the same number of euros in Europe as dollars in the US. They had a nice paging system to make sure people make it to flights. I tested my pathetic language skills on the said system.

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