Rocky Mountains

Bueno azkenean Rocky Mountains-ei bisita, etxetik kanpo in deten lehen irteera... 3 ordu kotxean ta bidai oso polita. Pena eguraldia ez zela oso ona izan Igandean eta 2 orduko paseoa alde batera utzi genula ta arrantza iteko plana ere, hala ere plan oso polita... Mendi plan bikaina!!! 3500 m. ra!!! Hurrengo astean horrelako plan bat montatuko det ziurrenik... asike argazki gehio jarriko ditut.

Argazkitan ikusi dezakezuen bezela, katagorriak, hartzak ta marmotak lasai asko gende arten. Honetaz gain mendi ederrak. Eskiatzeko gogoa sartu zait ta guzti (snow igual).

Argazkitan azaltzen den gendea: Sonia (Española), Francesco eta Barbara (Italianoak) eta Patrice (Frantsesa)

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For those who are wondering about how the Rocky Mountains look like there they have the new. It is my first expedition out of Fort Collins 3 hours by car and it was unbelievable. I slept in a tent and I have a lot of fun. It was a pity that the weather was not good on Sunday so we weren´t able to go hiking to a lake and after fish some throats but anyways It was a great plan. I am thinking that next week I will organize another plan like that, hopefully the weather will be better.

Squirrel-s, elk-s, Bear-s and marmots and incredible landscapes. I am looking forward the snow after seeing that!! This year I want to ski.

The friends of the pictures are (Barbara and Francesco (Italians), Sonia (spanish), and Patrice (French)). It was funny!!


Etxetik atera ta beti hor daude zai--- They are always outside home waiting...




Ezkerretik eskubira: Barbara, Patrice, Francesco ta Sonia--
From left to rigth:



Nun dao marmota???--- Where is the marmot?












ELKS!!!!

Barbacoa ona --- A big barbecue but no fish...


Kontuz hartzekin!!-- Be careful with the bears!! (watch out!!)



Ikaragarria- Awesome!!!

Nere lehenengo bilera serioa ---My first serious meeting

Ostiral goizeann meeting garrantzitsu bat zeola nere edifizioan banekien, jende garrantzitsua zihoala ere, eta Denash nere lankidearentzat marroi "txiki" bat zela ere banekien. Ez nitzan asko arduratu bilera honi buruz nerekin ez zihoalakoan baina... laborategira goizeko 8tan iritsi ta horra hor nere sorpresa. Matilda (nere jefearen secretaria) neregana txarteltxo honekin (argazkia beidatu) konferentzian gonbidatuta neon, momentuan apuro handia... gero lan ez egiteko eskusa bikaina bihurtu zen arren. Egun guztia txarla ezberdinak entzuten egon nitzan, nere jefa 2tan, Jeffersons Lab-eko tipa bat, Stanford unibertsitateko tipo bat ta mexikoko uni bateko beste irakasle bat baita US navyko inbersioen speech bat ere.

Nere jefan txarlak ulertzeko ez nun problemaik izan, hoi bai besteei ez nien putzik ulertu eta ez zan Inglesan kulpa izan, jakingabetasuna baizik. Baina bueno, gosaria ta bazkaria gratis lortu nitun (nere lehen bazkari amerikarra, nazka... ondo gelditzeagatik dena barrura maionesakin noski) ta afaria jefeen etxean zen baina iada gehiegikeria iruditzen zitzaidan asike etxera ta kitto.

Nere laborategia ikustera pasa ziren... ez zidaten galderarik in (a ze zortea nerea!!) ta yasta. Egun originala, haseran akojonoa baina bueno... gero pozik nere karteltxoa neramala bularren kolgauta.

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It was Friday morning when they invited me by surprise to a important meeting in my lab. I know that the people that was working with me was invited but I didn´t expect that I was invited until the secretary of my boss came to me with the "invitation card" (see the picture). In that moment I was nervous, important people of the field was there and for the moment my knowledge about Advanced Optical Coating is not enough but anyways I was invited so I spent all the day trying to understand the different conferences I received. There were people from Stanford Uni, Jefferson´s Lab, Mexican Uni and from the US Navy too!( I can´t believe it).

I was able to understand the conference of my boss but I didn´t get anything from the others, the only problem was the lack of knowledge. Anywais I get free breakfast and my first free American lunch (tha was disgusting) but I was in front of important people so I put maionese on it and I ate allmost everyhting. After the conference I was invited to have dinner with all of them in my boss house but that was too much so I decided not to go.

They didn´t ask me anything when they were visiting my lab so the day was perfect for me. I have fun!!

Etxean sarrera--- The entrance of my flat

Hemendik gutxira mugitu beharra izango detela uste deten arren nere etxeko sarrera erakutsi nahiko nizueke.

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I think I will have to move in few days, because it´s too expensive for the Uni but this is the last picture I want to show you of my house.

Jefea azaltzen denean... - Be careful with the boss

Akojonantea!! Lana jeferik gabe stressantea bazan orain... Carmen azaldu da laborategitik (gure responsablea) ta denak lanen a saco daude. Ez dao deskansorako astirik ze bapaten zure laborategian telefonoak jo ta batenbatekin hitzegiteko deitzen dute eta ez nola nahi...

Nik bukatu beharreko proiiektua hilabete batean egin beharreko zeoze zan jefeen ikuspuntutik, gainera laser bat erabili beharrean bi erabiltzea nahi dute (ez da lan doblea baina lan gehiago bai), 5 hilabete daramatzate proiektuan 3 pertsonak a tope lan iten (3tako batek larunbat ta Igande lan iten ditu)ta oraindik ez dute aurrera atera. Jaisten diren bakoitzean gutxi jakin gabe (edo kasi ezer ez) beraien komentarioa botatzen dute, bi begirada bortitz langileei ta alde iten dute. Hola egun guztia laborategi batetik bestera.

Bazkalordua, 45 min. zirela esan dizuet, 45 min. jefeak ez zeundenean da, gaurkoan jatez bukatu det beti bezela hasita ta 15min. hitzegiten geratzeko asmoakin geratu nahiz gendeakin ea bateonbat ezagutzen deten ta... bapaten Carmen (gure jefa) atetik sartu da. Mahaian geunden 8tik 5ek gure jana bukatu degu, 4ak altxa egin dira momentu horretan bertan ta benga lanera, ebidentemente 5. ni nitzan ta jun in naiz noski. Baina cebau!! Jendeari jefa gaizki erortzen zaio, normal...

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That´s amazing, I was surprised because they work a lot while the boss wasn´t in the office but with the boss in the lab, the way people work it´s unbelivable!!! You don´t have time to relax and to talk with the one that is sitting next to you, she (the boss) can call you in any moment and ask you for the results of some research or what are you doing exactly at this moment. Crazy!!!

I am in a project that they estimate It will be finished in one month, they are 3 people working full time on it and after four months and a half they are not able to finish it, but that´s not because they are lazy, it´s just because they are discovering a lot of problems. And the boss is still ungry because they can´t finish it. She just comes to the lab, asks for the results, say something we can correct and she just runs away. Unbelievable!!

And the worst thing, we have to eat in 30 minutes, once you have finished you don´t have another 15 minutes to speak and have fun, once you have finished the food you have to go again to work...

Fort Collins!!

Bueno gende askorekin hitzegin det eta denei hemengo bizitzan pintzelada ezberdinak eman dizkizuet. Orain gutxigora behera fort Collins zer den deskribatzeko unea iritsi dela uste det.

Fort collins Colorado estatuaren iparraldean kokaturik dagoen 100.000 biztanleko hiri ikaragarri handia da. Kale printzipal batetik bestera distantziak oso luzeak dira, kotxe edo bizikletarik gabe hiri hontan galduta zaude. Autobusak garestiak izateaz gain gutxi daude, taxiak 10 bat eta garestiak, asike kotxea edo bizikleta beste ezer ez.

Nere etxea, unibersitateko kanpusan ondoan dago kokatuta, (ondo ezta???) ba ez. Nik lan egiten deten laborategia 7 bat km. ra dago kokatua hirian kanpoaldean asike kanpus-ean behin eon naiz eta ez det uste berriro jungo naizenik. Kanpusa gertu daola diodanean 2 km. izango dira (distantziak ikaragarriak).

Downtown (alde zaharra) izango zena 3-4 bat km.ra. Hor omen dao asteburutan giroa, Larunbatean kontatuko dizuet baina dagoeneko 4-5 pertsonek komentatu didate ez emozionatzeko.

Lana: Lan egiteko asmoakin etorri nitzan... baina lan plana gehiegizkoa da. Jefeei Igandez lan egitea gustatuko litzaieke (Larunbata antza denez lan eguna da) eta eguneko ez dira 8 ordu izango, 9h ta 30 minutu baizik. Kotxerik ez daukat asike besteei itxoin behar handik alde iteko.

Lankideak: Argentinoak eta USAkoak. Tipo majoak oraindik ondo ezagutzeko ez det aukera izan baina gu baino zaharragoak dira (argentinoak behintzat) denak neskakin bizitzen daude ta dexente asentatuta daude. Hau da, Larunbatetan parranda gutxi.

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It´s time to describe a little bit the place where I am living.

The city is located in the north of Colorado. It has 100.000 people and the city is big (at least for me). The distance from one main street to the other are big. One mile between each!! So you need a bike or a car. The public service is a shit and the taxis too!!

My flat is very big for me. I have two rooms, one kitchen, living room and a little garden just for me and the best of all is that I don´t have to pay anything. But I have to clean a lot!!!! As I have two rooms I accept visitor´s (you are invited) whenever you want, for those who likes skying I am near the best mountains of the US!!

About the job, I am working for Colorado State University. I am working 9 hours a day and the boss want to see me working during Saturdays and Sundays too. (so no efficient thursday´s this time).

The workers that are working with me in the lab, they are all from Argentina or USA (except my boss that is French!!). So I can speak spanish allmost all the time but I can continue practising my english too. This is different from Lulea but everything is going well. Next satruday the first party we will see, I hope I won´t have work on Sunday.

I will attach some pictures of my flat soon!!

Sala, sukaldea eta sukaldean daon gelatxoa--Living room, kitchen and the little room of the kitchen










Beste gela, eskilarak eta komnuna -- The other room, stairs and the bathroom









Nere gela - My room




Ta garrantzitsuena... frigorifikoa eta kongeladorea--- The most important thing... the fridge and the freezer.