Tag Archives: Travel

Stuck in Paris

Posted on June 16, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Strikes in France, it seems to be a well-known event… For more than a week, the railway system had been working on reduced power due to striking of the employees. Uncertainty in the provided information tried to ruin what had been an otherwise … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged City, Eiffel tower, Europe, France, l'île de la Cité, Louvre, Paris, Sightseeing, Strike, Tourism, Travel, Western Europe | 2 Comments

Hot and alive

Posted on June 13, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It is summer in the Loire valley. The old stones and castles are burning under the sun. Plants and flowers in the city experience dramatically high temperatures as they stubbornly survive between cracks and stones. I am walking through … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Cemetery, Climate, Ecology, Extreme, France, Garden, Medieval, Photography, Plants, Science, Summer, Travel | 2 Comments

California!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

All my traveling and working abroad really starts to pay off! I will present the results of my first paper from Northern Scandinavia on the biggest ecology congress there is: the ESA conference in Sacramento, California, in August this year! This opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, Chile, Luxemburg, Sweden, Tanzania, USA | Tagged America, Belgium, Chile, Conference, ESA, Lapland, Luxembourg, Mountains, Photography, Research, Science, Tanzania, Tenerife, Travel, Travelling, USA | 11 Comments

Expanding to the tropics

Posted on May 14, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Each year, the bachelor students at my university get the opportunity to go to Tanzania and perform their own small research project there in the context of their Bachelor project. This year, there is finally a group that chose plant ecology (declining the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Tanzania, The research | Tagged Abroad, Africa, Animals, Biology, Ecology, Photography, Research, Savannah, Science, Tanzania, Teaching, Travel | 2 Comments

At the foot of the volcano

Posted on February 10, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

A huge volcano in the ocean. The highest peak a stunning 3700 meters, excluding another 3000 meters of mountain hidden beneath the surface of the ocean. That is Tenerife. A volcano in the middle of the ocean creates a world … Continue reading →