Pictures from the “International School on High Field NMR Spectroscopy for Solids and Liquids” held at the Ecole de Physique [45 54 1 N, 6 46 13 E] outside Les Houches (Chamonix valley, France). Unfortunately the weather wasn’t terribly good, so the pictures lack that sparkle of snowy mountains against blue sky.
Tagged: France
Postcard picture from small town (which?) in the south of France.
A typical small railway station in France [45 31 9 N, 4 52 20 E]; here in Vienne, a historic location south of Lyon with its own Roman ampitheatre, summer jazz festival and easy travel to the coast (what more could you want?).
A few pictures from a recent 48 hour visit to collaborators in Lyon. The pictures are from the pedestrian walkways around la Part-Dieu – a classic example of 60’s enthusiasm for creating efficient multi-lane routes for traffic and relegating pedestrians to soulless concrete walkways and subways. See how popular these are on a busy Saturday morning?
Chamonix, Sep 2005: After an uncharacteristically wet start to the conference week, the weather had returned to flawless for the Wednesday afternoon break. The views from the Aiguille du Midi viewing area made the cable car fee worthwhile:
