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Friday, July 03, 2009
About to run away...
So I thought I'd get off my busy butt and take the time to blog, to tell you all what's going on and make a vague promise to post lots while I'm away (that never ends well, but here we are once more). I'm about to disappear overseas for several months, hooray hooray!
First up, I'm going to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro in particular) for the IAU General Assembly. There's a few days in advance where I'll be crashed in a youth hostel, hopefully catching up on sleep, but also maybe engaging in some Portuguese lessons and a few tours of the city and surrounds. My conference runs from the 3rd to the 14th of August, and I'm flying out on the 15th.
At which point I'm going to Cambridge. As in the university. As in, SQUEE! I'll be attending a workshop at the Isaac Newton Institute from the 16th to 22nd of August, staying at Wolfson Court.
After that I'm staying on at the Institute as a student/affiliated participant of the Dynamics of Discs and Planets Programme, save for two weeks (5th - 20th September-ish) when I'm going to London for some sightseeing. I don't have my accommodation sorted yet, but I'm hoping it'll be organised by tomorrow.
And then on the 17th of October I head back to Heathrow to fly home. *snores* So I'll likely be busy (I want to get several chapters of my thesis and a paper written), and I'll be exhausted, but I'll hopefully be able to get online enough to keep this place in a better state of update than I've managed so far this year.
The short version, for anyone who couldn't be bothered reading:
- 29/7/09 - QF321 Sydney to Santiago
- 30/7/09 - PU402 Santiago to Montevideo
- 30/7/09 - PU222 Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro
- 15/8/09 - JJ8084 Rio de Janeiro to London
- 17/10/09 - BA15 London to Sydney
And just randomly for sticking with me so far, a link I've been hanging on to forever: The Cute Cat Theory of the Internet.
Labels: Brazil, Cats, conferences, holiday, itinerary, Newton Institute, the internet is for porn, trip09
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Comments:
Hey you're leaving so soon! Maybe I'll pass by your office tomorrow to say good-bye. The Britons haven't replied but I hope to meet you in London in September. Hopefully we can celebrate Independence day over there!
# posted by
Beto, Monday, July 27, 2009 11:11:00 PM
Who's independance? :)
I should be in at uni most of the day, although I'll be getting in a little late. And yeah, meeting up in London would be awesome!
Catherine, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:04:00 AM
That's right in the middle of my trip to London then. Okay, let's boogie like we're Mexicans or something!
# posted by Catherine, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:53:00 PM
Hi Cat, your plane is delayed in Sydney. It's a balmy 10 deg C (50 in the old scale. Your revised take off is now 9.55am. Bloody planes. The view flying into Aukland is superb, hope you get the window!
# posted by gemma, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:26:00 AM
My ticket says it was meant to take off at 9.55am.
There were weird delays at the Auckland though. Lots of passengers kept getting called out as we were hoping to leave.
Love you!
Catherine, Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:33:00 AM
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