Earlier in July I had made a trip to Erlangen (where I would be starting my research from October). Here, its always wise to plan and book tickets for your train travel as early as possible as the rates get much higher when booked late. Though I did my reservation late, I was lucky to [...]

Dieses Wochenende hatte ich das Glück das 1. Departement von Frankreich zu sehen und zu erkunden (und natürlich auch die angrenzende Schweiz…). Ich konnte mir vor dem Wochnenende eigentlich gar nichts unter diesem Departement vorstellen (ob das nun daran liegt, dass es generell nicht so bekannt ist, oder dass mein Allegemeinwissen dazu einfach nicht ausreicht [...]

As I said at the end of the last post a funny looking man arrived in my office and told me he was locking the laboratory, I thus failed to write anything about the more interesting part of my last fortnight here, namely Berlin. Berlin is unique really. If you arrive in Berlin try to [...]