Tag Archives: Travel

In the Norwegian sky

Posted on July 4, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Live view from the norwegian sky, on my way to the subarctic for ten days of fieldwork!

Posted in Sweden | Tagged flying, Norway, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Sunset, Travel | Leave a comment

Summer solstice

Posted on June 23, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

This weekend brought the longest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and we even got blessed with fantastic summer weather. In the far north, these are the days of the splendid midnight sun, a stunning sun that stays in the sky … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Lapland, midnight sun, north, north pole, Norway, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Summer, summer solstice, Sweden, Travel | Leave a comment

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 →