Tag Archives: Hiking

Reflections

Posted on December 16, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

We are December. The end of the year. My PhD has officially seen two years and three months, a bit less than three more years to go. I am truly in the middle of it all, and I am enjoying every … Continue reading →

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Five steps from the office

Posted on December 10, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Another office day. Work was going great, the much anticipated paper was taking shape, the data looked beautiful. But one thing was not feeling right. It took me a while to define the feeling, but then I realised what it … Continue reading →

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Remember them

Posted on October 27, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I still owed you a gallery of my latest visit to Abisko. You can enjoy the rainbows, clouds and splashes of sun here (or find it on the right of my blog).  Summer is gone and all flowers are fading. It … Continue reading →

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Getting in the right mood

Posted on October 4, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Today we climbed the slopes of Kinnoull Hill, the beautiful hill overlooking Perth and its valley, to get in the right mood for the mountain conference that is starting tomorrow. We enjoyed a beautiful morning with a shy sun piercing through … Continue reading →

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Cleaning out the forest

Posted on September 27, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Autumn is behind the corner, and the mushrooms are here to warn us of its arrival. These diverse and delicate group of decomposers puts in such great effort to clean up our forests and nature after another successful summer. I feel … Continue reading →

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The cotton castle

Posted on September 24, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Please, allow my inner mountain enthousiast to be lyrical about some rocks! Pamukkale is the Turkish word for cotton castle, so I learned from Wikipedia, and it is a world famous hot spring area, with white calcium carbonate (‘travertine’) terraces overlooking a … Continue reading →

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