http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml Steph and Simon's Site: Blog Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:07:10 -0500 http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/af340a066c3505544dfd21f75e278cab_4706450e.writeback Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:07:10 -0500 Hello, Well I have updated the website with photos from this past summer. It was amazing travelling all over the planet and we had some incredible experiences. I am in UK until Oct. 22 when I head back to the Antarctic. Hope you are well and enjoy our photos. http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/dacfa43127485b8c8e485c93578e82d1_452f8aa5.writeback Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:46:30 -0500 Hallo from Germany, We are back here as Simon is working on more experiments. Si is here for the whole month while I head to the Black Sea on Oct. 18. I have just added photos from my first trip as a 'tour manager' on the Island Sky. She is a nice little ship with lovely cabins. This trip around the Mediterranean started in Lisbon with three days in Spain, then a day in Sardinia followed by three wonderful days in Sicily and ending in Malta. It was wonderful to explore all the ancient Greek ruins around Sicily and sample the fabulous food never mind the wonderful wine!! It was a bit crazy with organizing bus tours in addition to trying to keep the Brits and a group of very wealthily old Philadelphia society Americans happy but great fun to be in that part of the world. I really enjoyed working with the crew and look forward to going back. Check back to see photos from the Black Sea-ya! Lots of love, Steph http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/f61d5e870ed861ce5d3af463dc6bc7f2_44feaafc.writeback Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:03:24 -0500 Hello there, Hope you had a fantastic summer! We had an amazing time while in Australia during July and most of August. We spent the first bit in Tasmania and loved the wildness of that island. We had incredible encounters with wombats and were awed by the beauty of the temperate rainforest. Simon is now a confirmed twitcher (bird-nut to you Americans) and went crazy with all the various parrots that were just roaming around the neighborhood that we stayed in near the University of Melbourne. His experiments went well and he found some interesting results. This was the temperate part of his comparison project looking at oxygen levels versus temperature change in a type of clam. I was helpful as I actually found the little clams because I didn't want to be knee deep in mud like where we were told to look and ended up finding the clams we needed further up the shore. The best part was this happened while Simon's boss was there! It was lots of work, digging in the upper inter-tidal for the little clams, but not as steamy hot like it was in Singapore. Simon also had to work lots of late nights but overall a great opportunity for some interesting science and we hope to go back again to repeat the experiment in the summer. We also had some time to explore the countryside a bit and even managed to see kolas, emus, and southern right whales body surfing along the coast! The people were so genuinely friendly and welcoming that Oz is definitely one of the best places we have been to yet! We got back to the UK in mid-August and then I was in the US for two weeks visiting family and friends. For those of you that I missed this time, I am really sorry as I had to cut my trip short for a week as we are having a new bathroom installed this week and I am the 'project manager'! For the rest of September, Simon will be in the UK and this Sunday I will join a new ship to go around the Channel Islands of the UK and then for a 10 day trip about the Mediterranean. Wish me luck as I am a tour leader (I know, kinda scary!) for a group of Brits but excited about the chance to see more of Europe! So hopefully you will have a chance to check out the photos we posted and I hope to hear from you soonish!! Lots of love, Steph and Simon http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/a572a5c69dea49ed4238874b7be9ae0a_44aa0739.writeback Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:14:17 -0500 We arrived on Sunday and are staying near Little India. Sunday night was quite the experience in this area as all the Indian workers from all over the island converge around here for their one day off a week. It was wild walking around with hundreds and hundreds of mostly men hanging around the streets. Steph definately stood out not only as one of the few women but also a white, chesty one:)! On Monday and Tuesday morning we were back in the mangroves digging for more clams. Again it was very hot but interesting. We managed to collect a few and Simon got his samples. Enjoyed more very tasty and spicy food before flying to Hobart overnight. Happy 4th to all those in the US! http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/f3d571d5861997d9e84e72e4a5f71db1_44a172fe.writeback Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:03:42 -0500 Hi, We got back from Germany late Sunday night after having a great time. Simon's meetings went well and he gave a well recieved presentation. We also met up with friends in Kiel and they took us to see all the amazing tail ships and other sailboats during this international sail week. It was also great fun to be there while the World Cup is on. Here is our schedule for the next little bit: July 1: Fly to Singapore July 2 & 3: In Singapore July 4: Fly to Hobart, Australia July 5-8: Exploring around Tasmania July 9-14: In Hobart at the SCAR conference July 15: Fly to Melbourne July 15-August 11: In Melbourne August 12: Fly back to UK August 21: Steph flies to US Sept. 10: Steph flies back to UK That's about it for now. We'll try to update with photos from down under when we can! http://steph-simon.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/5db3c38bd4068309318d0e1fdd4997f8_44942b25.writeback Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:17:41 -0500 We are in Germany for meetings and to explore a bit. We head back to the UK on the 25th.