Tampere

A couple of weekends ago, I took a train to Tampere for a few days of good food, friends and SAUNA. Tampere is a beautiful city. These are pictures of where we stayed (The Aarnio Home - about 15km outside the city) and the sauna by the lake. And yes, I jumped into the Avanto ("hole in the ice") again!

Speciation Workshop - England

January 10-16 we had our latest research meeting at Losehill Hall in The Peak District, Derbyshire, England. The taxi ride from the airport was a bit scary, due to the fact that they had received more snow and had colder temperatures than they had experienced in decades. But it didn't stop us from enjoying an afternoon walk to the top of the hill!
I listened to some interesting talks, gave a presentation, met some great folks and had some good meetings about my research plans.