Category Archives: Cities

Fun(ny) fact about apartments

17 February 2014Copenhagen, MunichSascha

In fact it’s actually a sad fact to some extend, but anyways.

It’s been a while since I’ve been looking for apartments and I though Copenhagen was the extreme case I’d never have to face again. So much for what I was thinking … back in reality I found myself looking for apartments in Munich. While the apartment we have in Copenhagen (as nice as it is) already put quite some weight on my wallet, the ones available (not necessary to us particularly, but general spoken) in Munich can yet trump the current situation.

Besides the whole pricing issue, there is a fun(ny) difference in style of apartments between Copenhagen and Munich. While it was not too easy to find an apartment in Copenhagen that had a bathroom that could fit two people at the same time or where you could take a shower that does not cover the whole room in water, this seems extremely easy in Munich. on the contrary I am slowly getting annoyed by the fact that seemingly all the apartment (even small ones) in Munich have in fact a second bathroom, some of the even two bath tubs. I appreciate the luxury, but do not exactly see the need why a three-room apartment for a couple or small family should ~~waste~~ spend precious and expensive square meters on a second shower/toilet.

Other countries, other customs. I guess …

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It’s been a while

17 February 2014CERN, Geneva, Outreach, PhysicsSascha

… and it’s certainly not the very best timing, with all the planning we have to do these days, but I am on my way to CERN right now.

It’s going to be an interesting week full of work and Lego pieces. Dunno exactly how it’s going to work out, but I am certainly not going to get bored.

If you happen to be at CERN this week you’re welcome to join the Lego event … Well if you dare also the physics meetings ;)

O’zapft is

7 February 2014Copenhagen, LMU, Munich, Niels Bohr Institue, PhysicsSascha

After spending yet another great time in the beautiful city of Copenhagen, the time has come to say good bye. There have been a few ideas, even fewer possibilities and finally only one decision. And … tada, the next step in my/our life will be the capital of Bavaria, Munich.

The LMU Munich has kindly offered me a position as a lecturer (Akademischer Rat) working on the ATLAS Experiment for the next three years (with the option of six years in total), which I just accepted.

So if all the bureaucracy doesn’t kill me/us on the way and we manage to find a place to stay in time, we’ll be in town by the 1st of April 2014.

When I am done rearranging my web site, the Copenhagen Guest Couch will (hopefully) be transformed into a Munich Guest Couch, of course.

Particle Fever

13 November 2013Copenhagen, Movies, Niels Bohr InstitueSascha

I just saw the very nice movie “Particle Fever” during the CPH:DOX film festival and had the chance to meet Mark Levinson, the director of the movie, to do a tour of the Niels Bohr Institute with him.

Meeting Peter Higgs

22 October 2013Manchester, Outreach, Physics, UKSascha

Just for completeness and for those of you who haven’t seen it on my Facebook page or the Build-Your-Own-Particle-Detector web site, I managed to get hold of Peter Higgs (one of this year’s two Nobel Prize winners in physics) to shake hands and sign one of my ATLAS LEGO models.

Organised by the University of Manchester, we had a very nice sit in and had him chat about his last weeks, how he got informed of his award and where he was (hiding) when he got to know about it. The particle physics group invited me to come over with my model and prepare everything for the day, where he also received a honorary degree from the university.