Europe and UQ Open Day

Over the holidays I went to Europe which was AWESOME to say the least. I started in Rome and ended up in London after visiting Florence, Venice, Salzburg, Munich, Heidelberg and Paris. In Salzburg I went to the 450 year old salt mines which was very cool - they have long wooden slides that you go on to get into the mine. Also, in Munich there was a fantastic museum on engineering with everything from tunnel building to bridges to model trains. I'd highly recommend it to anyone visiting Munich. I've put a few photos from the trip below.

In other news, the UQ open day was on Sunday. I helped out on the Civil Engineering BBQ which was good fun (except that I smelled of sausages afterwards). It was great to see so many people interested in the engineering displays.



Grand Canal in Venice

This is a photo of the walls inside the old university jail in Heidelberg. Yes, they used to jail uni students who misbehaved. Apparently common offences were swimming in the city fountains after having too much to drink and chasing farmers' pigs through the streets

The view from the top of the hill in Salzburg...right before it stormed