by cwells | Nov 19, 2013 | Expat, Graduate School, Housing, Residency, Spain, Technology
So, after almost three weeks of cruddy or nonexistent internet services and no cellphone service, I finally have home internet again. Whew! Back to my digital life!
by cwells | Aug 9, 2013 | Graduate School, Residency, Uncategorized
I find graffiti fascinating, especially in Europe. I am sure there are whole branches of sociological studies devoted to street art… there are certainly art classes devoted to it. One thing that caught my eye was a picture of a smiling cat, which I saw...
by cwells | Jul 28, 2013 | Graduate School, Pix, Residency, Transit, Travel
One of the cultural excursions for the residency was a dinner cruise on the Seine River, which runs through Paris and gave us a unique vantage point from which to see Paris. Although we had seen some areas from the double-decker bus tour (a hop-on, hop-off tour is a...
by cwells | Jul 28, 2013 | Culture, Food, Residency
Food plays a huge role in the life of Paris, and there are many places to eat and enjoy a meal. If you have my blog posts, you know that food and culture are very interesting to me. As a vegetarian, I sometimes score a win, and sometimes I am served something…...
by cwells | Jul 25, 2013 | Car, Graduate School, Residency, Tribe
The interesting thing about residencies is that sometimes, you run into folks that you have met before. This residency is a fairly small group of people, and I have already made some solid connections of colleagues that may be very helpful. Just like in middle school,...
by cwells | Jul 23, 2013 | Air, Car, Food, Graduate School, Pix, Residency, Train, Travel, Tribe
Yesterday was a travel day. If you are not a person who travels long-distance by plane, then you miss the joy of flying for a number of hours, navigating through airports, eating airport food (some good, some bad), being in close quarters with strangers, and being...