Alywex Abroad

Pictures and a poem

2011-07-09T17:24:00.001+01:00

Title is self-explanitory! The long-awaited pictures and a little poem from San Salvador. San Salvador at dusk. Marketplace in San Sal Centro Danny with kiddos at Open School. Friendly game of ball and chain quickly became... ...dog pile! Wall of civil war victim names. Iglisia de Rosario Inside Iglisia de Rosario Like a Mayan temple for Christ, half-domed wheel slicing east

Some chewy pontification

2011-07-06T21:38:00.001+01:00

Dark air rushes through the bus window, melted cheese, bean paste, seedy brothels, cheap beer. Permanent sign on the wall, "Girls over 18 needed. FREE FOOD!" This is one of the dangerous places, we should sit in the middle of the bus. And I am always safely tucked next to the window, blasted by exhaust, music pounding, music that beats your heart to its own rhythm. This is one of the dangerous

Abroad again!

2011-07-04T21:24:00.003+01:00

Hi everone!Well, I am off travelling again. I was lucky enough to find a good job in Laramie with the Survey and Analysis Center (a department of the University) and I will start full-time work there in August. The great part is that they first let me take the time to go travel in El Salvador for three weeks! So here I am, travelling, again. I will begin with a quick rundown of the past few days,

One week gone

2009-12-22T23:49:00.009Z

Words from beyond Danish land!Although ironically, the only Danish I had was at the US delegation booth. One of the great things about the conference was all the free food. Lunch at the Holland Climate House, canapés at the EU delegation offices, dinner from a buffet at a side event, coffee and Danishes (all day every day!) at the US offices, etc.The free food took the edge off an otherwise

It's getting wild out there...

2009-12-16T07:56:00.004Z

Hi all,Wednesday morning in Copenhagen, and things are getting wild. Negotiations and everything they stand for appear to be breaking down. The weather seems to want to reflect the turbulence -- snow started falling last night and continues down in whirls today. I am half way through another blog about the past few days, but I feel I need to say something now, before the thick of the insanity and

Memories of Michaelmas, Comments from Copenhagen

2009-12-12T19:52:00.010Z

Friends and Family, lend me your ears!My first term (called Michaelmas) as a second-year MPhil has officially come to an end. It was much busier than I expected, but that is only to be expected (hmmm...) The exciting news is that I am now in Copenhagen observing the COP15 events and side events. I wish I could say I was here for one exciting cause like lobbying a minister, tracking a negotiator,

The Master Fall in Oxford

2009-10-27T21:10:00.005Z

Hallooo to you!I know I'd promised to continue on my updates from the summer, but I think that it is futile at this point. Just know it was a great summer and the biggest important bits were my visits to my study sites (read more at my research blog alywex.wordpress.com) and meeting my new sister Mebbie who I absolutely fell in love with. There are not words to describe...Back in Oxford, there

New Research Blog!

2009-10-20T14:35:00.003+01:00

Exciting news! I have created a new blog so you can follow my research. This new blog will be more focused on the whacky ramblings of a deranged grad student in the death grip of research (i.e. fewer pictures, more jargon) but I hope it is a way I can better answer people when they say, "So what exactly is it you're doing?"Just to be terribly confusing, the new blog is http://

Summer Daze of Our Lives, Part III

2009-09-27T13:03:00.009+01:00

Hello friends and followers!Well, another month has passed, we’re moving into autumn and October. Oxford is sunny but chilly, the leaves are changing, and the city is redistributing its population like an aging man redistributes his hair – we have a thinning tourist hairline and students are sprouting up in unexpected places. And I’m still back telling you about July! Well, I’ll do my best to

Summer Daze of Our Lives, Part II

2009-08-31T22:15:00.008+01:00

[Cut to]Anya and Alyssa rushing through the busy streets of Oxford, sweat is flying, pedestrians bowled over… a massacre.ANYA: This almost counts as training for the Enduro!ALYSSA: I knew we should have called a cab…Luckily, our heroines reach the station with just enough time to buy round-trip tickets from Oxford to Luton Airport. Their Swiss friend Martin is there waiting with two suitcases, a

Summer Daze, Part I

2009-08-26T21:23:00.018+01:00

Hi everybody!I am so good at this not writing for months on end thing! Here’s the plan… over the next week or so I hope to put out a whole slew of the “Summer Daze Chronicles” to recount my adventures of late. The story begins (or picks up) with the completion of exams, which were as horrendous as anticipated. But it was fun to watch Oxford fill up with nervous students all dressed up in sub-fusc

Out of the dark!

2009-06-19T00:27:00.027+01:00

Hi all! Last I wrote, it was.... well, it was a long time ago. Can you believe it's been four and a half months?!Needless to say, I've been slacking on the blog -- one or two things have happened since February! The biggest overall news actually comes from the States. I have a new sister! Perry and Julie went to Ethiopia last week to adopt the lovely Mebrat. I can’t believe I have to wait until

A Love Story

2009-02-01T08:29:00.007Z

Friends and family, I have some exciting news to report. After years of waiting, I have fallen in love. I didn’t previously believe in love at first sight, but after only one week of knowing mon amour, there is no doubt that I am head over heels. My love can be a bit of a wild, rugged individual, but is also distinguished and (dare I say it?!) beautiful. We share a passion for whisky, wool, and

Festas Felizes!

2009-01-07T15:53:00.006Z