2000 images are worth 1000 words

It seems astronomers are also photography enthusiasts. For your viewing pleasure, here are
Krzysztof's pictures
Mariangela's pictures
Karla's pictures
and my pictures.

Today I ran a program that lasted about five minutes. All my previous programs ran for only a few seconds. I'm starting to feel more like a scientist.

Early recovery

Wednesday, 7h30pm it was. I feel much better now although hot and sweaty, so I still wish for scottish rain. I am never satisfied with what I have, am I?
My running shoes have just been washed, and down the drain went the scottish mud. And as I read an article about Iceland this morning, I learned that there are twice as many sheep (shoops) than people in that country. In Quebec we have a similar situation with squirrels, but we don't milk them... Besides, our federal government doesn't offer subsidies for keeping squirrels on one's land.

Return to homebase

After wearing sunglasses, getting a tan, watching rainbows and, let's not forget, modifying the english language for the better in Scotland, I touch base once again. Montreal is sticky and hot whether it's day or night, shade or sun. That was the unpleasant "surprise" upon my arrival (surprise because I sort of refused to think about what I knew to be true). Anyway, it's still livable, but we are only in June, so hell is only a few weeks away. Luckily, I am on vacation on the east coast for the first half of July. Nice and cool, windy yet sunny.

I have (or more like "there are") many more pictures from the summer school on Skye, which I will put up shortly (the ones I have) or whenever I get them (Krys' pictures, ahem! and others).

The truth is, my feelings are a bit on the melancholic side, as always after such experiences. Estimated time of recovery: Thursday, 12pm Montreal time :-)

Our most demanding summer school activity

We go to the pub. Every night. About half of Krys' 500 or so pictures (that's only the first 4 days) are taken at the pub, so it was difficult to choose which precious few to post here.

The first night at the pub, there were mixed reactions.



But after a few drinks



things started to get interesting



Let me illustrate this in a different way. Before drinks:



Cards. Pretty boring right? After drinks:



In Scotland, not even performing can prevent one from drinking:



That was Bonnie, one of the co-organisers.

One night, we had a ceilidh (pronounced "cay-lid") dancing workshop



Look at this. Holding hands and running around in circles. And they call themselves grown people :-)



This one ceilidh was insane



Ceilidh dancing can help enhance cardiovascular endurance and silliness. Perform with caution.

One shoop, two sheep

The challenge on Skye is to take a picture without any sheep in it. It's not so easy.







Beheheheheh.