The kids made us a Y2K present. |
I went to JIM 2000 in Metz and had fun |
The long awaited announcement |
I went to SWAT 2000 in Bergen and had a
fruitful |
Then, with Jan Arne, we hiked the Rondane mountains |
We hiked, paddled
(here, in front of Bitov castle) |
Back in Eugene, we hiked the Cascades |
On Spring Break, we went to |
Yael and friends are finishing up their senior year and GRADUATING! |
I spent it in Barcelona; family joined me for the holidays |
The first two months, I migrated to Hong
Kong |
I stayed on Chinese University campus, |
witnessed the famous Lunar New Year Parade and fireworks, |
admired the Hong Kong Island waterfront and the modern architecture, |
went on three great hikes |
In general, I found Hong Kong to be a city of contrasts |
and met there a lot of old and new friends |
(not to mention helping Rex and Miriam move) |
I then moved over the equator to Australia |
I admired the new (to me) Very Old World Nature |
and the shape of newer Old World views, |
The rest of my sabbatical I spent in |
The trip to Scandinavia included |
[coming soon: Roaring Twenties] |
A friend from Szczecin sent me a clip on my old high school |
Court graduated from 'Ford in front of the extended family! |
An early European trip included SIROCCO in Norrland |
One of Maxine's projects became a reality: trip to California missions |
Yael graduated from STEP |
I visited Jan Arne and Fedya in Bergen and
later |
Another long-time project checked-off: bike trip along Mosel |
Just before the start of classes, Gary and I hiked
to the top of Olallie Mountain for |
An
unfortunate event brought about a week of fun and profit
|
As every year, the family and friends vacationed in the mountains. |
A quick trip to Stockholm to help
Stefan to get over the hump; |
After some time in the last year of his doctoral
program, |
I visited Jan Arne in Montpeyroux and attended Sirocco in Mont Saint Michel |
I started in Metz at WG with friends and continued with the family |
Taking a break from being a department head I went to a workshop in Prague and then for a rushed trip to Sendai |