The final touch at university...

We have been back at the university for nearly two weeks now and the report has to be finished today. So everybody has been camping out in the small computer room of the Hydrology section.


There's a lot of discussion about hydrology and everybody is frantically working on his own subject that will be edited into the group reports. I am very confident that the reports will be good.

Posted by Maarten Waterloo

Last tango in Aveiro...

The last week is always messy. There are still lots of things to investigate and there is a deadline for removal of equipment and flights back to the Netherlands... But we manage every year again. Here are some final impressions.

Ellen and Carmen got old on the garbage dump

Creation of artificial rainfall

Italians love driving...

After lunch at Sesta, but before coffee...

After lunch at Sesta

Glad I don't have a driver's license...

Meteo group with Boris

Posted by Maarten Waterloo

Wet excursion: Serra de Estrela

The last weekend we spent going to the Serra de Estrela, a natural parque in the granitic area of Portugal. We left in the morning under a rather sunny sky but the weather got worse when we reached the mountains. First we stopped for a good lunch in Manteiga and bought some very smelly goat cheese.


We then passed the beautiful glacial vally and went for a hike, while Robert and Achille went for a run. Then it started raining... So we got soaked and we really cold. Carmen and Ellen went up a granite rock to reach some kind of peak.



The remaining trip was made into a big fog and rain. No mountain views and just a short stop in a shop to buy some warm shoes and drink a good Delta coffee to try to get warm again. When we came down from the mountain the sun started shining again...!


Posted by Maarten Waterloo