Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Hitting the wall


I'm still here....honest!! I was suffering culture shock over the weekend (but lots of sleeping sensibly balanced with copious amounts of alcohol got me through it) then it was back to work on Monday for the 'stewards inquiry' into what went wrong on the fieldtrip.....don't get me wrong, there were no recriminations or any unpleasantness, just having to go through everything bad that happened yet again, this time with the Dean and School Registrar. A word to the wise, never EVER stay at the Amaryl City-Hotel if you happen to be in Berlin, they're down-and-out crooks! (note to Paul and Irene.....it wasn't just the ant infestation, there was more.....oh yes, so much more!) I think it's the first time I've come home thinking 'do I really want to do that again next year?' (probably will though....I'm a sucker for punishment, ask anyone!)

OTHER STUFF.....


You can find some lovely animated 3D vintage Japanese stereoviews here at Pink Tentacle, and the original images here on Flickr (with lots more) Definitely worth a couple of clicks!

Silly stuff to do with your pics.....

can be found here

Rather long pause there, one of the effing darling kittens walked over the keyboard, thought everything so far had disappeared into the ether....



I always come back from Berlin with more questions than I went out with.....found this sound and video archive at the BBC that might just get dipped into sometime soon.

4 comments:

impoftheyard said...

Your blog is always full of gems to go back to. I love the 3D Japanese images and will check out the info on Berlin.

I hope to hear results of the interview at the end of the week. I'll let you know what happens.

Bummer that there were even worse things at that hotel. That must have made a working week away more exhausting than it needed to be.

As for the kitten - maybe he/she just wants a blog of their own ;-)

Jon Storey said...

The hotel sounds most inviting, I won't book just in case.......

sleepyduck said...

Great to have you back! I'm sure the Berlin post-mortem was... interesting... Not sure I want to hear all the gory details: the business with the ants was quite bad enough...

Will check out the other stuff later :-)

b1tchesbru said...

Hi, shame about the hotel. Really spoils things when that stuff happens. Last uni trip I was supposed the group coordinator wanted to sleep 6 people in one room - and charge us over £300 for the weekend for the privilege! (I checked it out and could get a 5* for only 40 Euros more if we booked individually!).

Hey ho, soon be Friday!

Related Posts with Thumbnails