Courtyard By Marriott Boulder

... get to: Spitsbergen, the Amazon, the Galapagos and Africa. So I headed to the Amazon and made plans for Spitsbergen and Africa. <br><br>I think it was when I was in Columbia that I started having feelings of wanting to stay in one place a while but by then I had made travel plans for Iceland and Spitsbergen so I pretty much bucked up and kept going, I was noticing that beautiful scenery, interesting archeology ...

Grad Boulder sa manje od 100.000 stanovnika pitoreskno je mjesto sjevorozapadno od Denvera, najmnogoljudnijeg i glavnog grada savezne dr&#382;ave Colorado. Dani provedneni u Boulderu dobrodosli su odmor u prirodi izmedju posjeta dvijema metropolama, LAu i NYCu.<br><br>Vrijeme je i u Coloradu na nasoj strani. Po dolasku bilo je oko 15C sto za lokalce u studenom predstavlja pravo ljeto pa nije bilo cudno vidjeti bicikliste ali i setace u kratkim rukavima. Sok je bilo vidjeti ...

... out for my big day I ran into some friends from high school! I had a quick chat with KM and JG, we agreed to meet up later, and the pointed me in the direction of the shops. The pedestrian mall reminded me a little bit of Gtown's M street with its central grouping of several shops within walking distance of each other except there was a fresh coating of snow and there were no cars. My shopping needs satiated I spent the late ...

... opportunity to be invited for an authentic dinner in a local home. The following day take the opportunity to explore what many consider to be one of Egypt's most impressive temples, Abu Simbel. <br>Day 5 Felucca (B,L,D)<br>Spend a day and night aboard our felucca, a traditional Nile sailing boat. Kick back, relax and enjoy the scenery, as you are looked after by our Nubian crew. Take full advantage of our one of a kind support boat, which always seems to ...

... streaming, by the way, is a great way to end up wasting time that was never intended to be wasted. For dinner we checked out Jax, a local seafood restaurant. Turns out one of the exec chefs just won Top Chef. Exciting, and regardless of recent, popular accolades the food was delicious enough to stand on its own without a TC title.<br><br>Basically Boulder is awesome and I can easily see how people come out here and never leave! Two more days til we hit the road again.<br>

... and music and I thought I ought to take advantage of this cultural offering...and I'm glad I did. The opera was Tales of Hoffman (I'd never heard of it) and the production was quite enjoyable. The costumes were fabulous! This photo appeared in a review in the Denver Post and described Olympia's robot costume as weighing 75 pounds! Her performance was incredible.<br><br>This picture explains why I'm heading south! <br><br><br>

Well, after 23 hours of straight travel, and a day of rest and reprieve, I find myself once again in the comfort of my own room in Boulder, Colorado. My time in Turkey was incredible, and I cannot have hoped for a more productive trip than I had. Hakan will be an excellent collaborator and from the looks of it, Bogazkent seems to be a dream-site for field work in barn swallows! <br><br> Top on my ...

... go for the food. <br><br>Linda and I made a trip to the Valley to and had a fun weekend with the girls at Lucinda's place. We hiked, we ate, we played Dominos... <br> <br><br>I managed to squeeze in a day trip down the Gunnison River which is my favorite thing to do there! It felt good to paddle! <br><br>

Kind of a weird thing to dedicate the next six years of my life towards: "Doctor of Philosophy in Physics". Sounds quite a bit more esoteric (and pretentious) than just a simple PhD in Physics. But whatever, I'll do the six years of mind-breaking, three-stories-underground knob-twiddling, laser-adjusting, pitch-black-room-data-taking, head-bashing frustration and they'll decide the name of the degree that merits. So it goes.<br><br> That at least will be the end ...