Winter holidays

We've been away.

 

Looking at des Ecrins. Over 4000 m and hardly any snow!

But we found snow in a valley where the sun doesn't shine. At least not in winter.

Optics in spring

Now that my hand is getting better (and the weather warmer), I opened the kayaking and cycling season. 

And I can again play with some simple experiments.

Optical activity of sugar (sugar dissolved in water between polarisers)

I mean - how can anybody not love physics?!?

Pantone colour of the year

I just have to complain about Pantone's choice of the Colour of the year. 

Ultimate Gray and Illuminating yellow.

Like this:

As if I haven't had enough grey in my life already... According to them, gray is "emblematic of solid and dependable elements which are everlasting and provide a firm foundation" and "quietly assures, encouraging feelings of composure, steadiness and resilience."

No.

Grey is bland, foggy, empty, unexciting, neither fish nor fowl, and ... just ... blah. 

I'm keeping my homepage in Classic blue for another year.

When the day is short

When the day is short ... 

and when you're sure you've had enough ... 

it's time to do something!

So we did.

Returning back to the fog wasn't that pretty though...

A bit of hiking. And history.

Since my hand is still recovering from the injury, I cannot do much - but I can walk. So I did.

There were wonderful examples of Martagon Lilies (Turška lilija).

On the way back, we stopped in an old iron-smelting town.

They are organising an Escape-town, so we will definitely be back and try to Escape from there :-)

What to do Nr. 23

As travelling is still very much limited (at least to the places I would visit), I have to be happy with what I've got. So, maybe it's time to re-discover my own country!

We started with Postojna Cave.

The train-ride was great, the cave is still fantastic, but the tour was on the boring side and rushed. Oh, well...

A fun fact: since a Cave is technically a closed space, we had to wear masks all the time

We obviously continued with Predjamski Grad. This one is even more spectacular than I remembered it.

A lovely day it was.