About two years ago I was doing kung-fu regularly and my energy levels were at the top. I felt like I could do anything in this world. I was having a vegetarian diet and life just seemed good. That’s the energy that led me to take on a new challenging job in Lisbon and after a year changing to Germany and experiencing life abroad for a while. That’s the energy I need to revive.

Yesterday we went on a visit to GSI, a research center that features a particle accelerator. We were welcomed by Dr. Abel Blazevic, a physicist working there, that gave us a presentation about the place and the research. After that we went on a tour around the campus. The place is very interesting, everything seems very custom made, almost as a big garage full of inventions put together. The scenario of a science fiction movie put to live. The highlight of the visit was this sphere (I won’t risk explaining what the sphere is for), every tube that composes part of it costs around 50.000 euros and was provided by a different country. Now that’s impressive.

After Phil showed me by e-mail, I found the link to “The Awful German Language – by Mark Twain“, which must be the biggest rant on the German language ever! It’s an extremely well written essay that, since it is written in English, makes a very nice reading for foreigners that are learning German or interested in the language. Attention though, this might put you off to learn German. I must say, although I’m doing this warning, for me the essay is working the other way around, I’m even more keen to learn it, I love challenges.