hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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Doctors in Berlin
Andrea and I have now been in Berlin for a 9 whole months! I don’t know where the time has gone. In the time we’ve been here, we’ve had a few times when we’ve had need to see a doctor. Don’t … Continue reading
Andrea at Uberall
A couple of months ago, Andrea started her new job at Berlin based startup Uberall. She’s working as a backend developer, as you can see on their company page (and the screen grab to the right). Funnily enough, Uberall is also a … Continue reading
I’m in HERE
Firstly, I’m very sorry about the pun in the title, I just couldn’t help myself. I’ve just finished my second week in my new job. I’m working at HERE, a part of Nokia as a Mobile Application Developer working on an … Continue reading
Berlin
Things have been a bit quiet here for the last few months. As usual, this has coincided with an especially busy time elsewhere. So, as the first post on voo-du since February, I’ll stick to the big stuff. Andrea and … Continue reading
Doktorvater
In Germany they have the concept of a Doktorvater (or Doktormutter obviously). It translates to “doctor-father” or “doctor-mother” and refers to your Ph.D. thesis advisor. It is quite common for someone to mention that so-and-so was their Doktorvater. In my … Continue reading
Well that’s the end of that: 2014
This year wasn’t nearly as busy as last year, but I’ve certainly had a lot going on, not least of which was finishing my Ph.D. At the beginning of this year I finally received my Spanish drivers license, which I’d completed … Continue reading
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Tagged End of year recap, Iceland, Kitesurfing, Montserrat, Ph.D. Thesis, PhD, PhD defence, Reykjavík, Vic, Vík
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Ph.D.
Yesterday I defended my Ph.D. It all went really well and I had lots of people come along to support me, which was fantastic. Thea, Bruce, Evan and Steph also all came from Australia (by way of various length routes) … Continue reading
Down time
I had decided that when I deposited my thesis, I’d take a day or two off, not go in to uni and just relax and recover a bit. That didn’t really happen, between a course I’m taking at the UB, … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Andrea
Yesterday was Andrea’s birthday. We started celebrating last weekend (yep, Andrea is catching onto the Stainsby-Wilson week-long birthday). A quick trip to Granada for the weekend to celebrate with Andrea’s family. It was great to get away from Barcelona for … Continue reading