Hello from Oxford!
So I have an update in the works, but I've been really busy with other things not to mention a lot of business things I've had to be dealing with the past week that eat up my free time. I have posted pictures however on facebook (an online network like thing) but you guys should be able to see them through these links.
Update soon and I'm trying to drown everything in text this time.
Just click these links and click the pictures to get to the next one. [From Vienna, some new some old.]
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001954&l=de7d1&id=1515720074
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001942&l=692f0&id=1515720074
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001945&l=644fd&id=1515720074
The chemistry of Europe - when organic synthesis and European travel mix.
MissElaineous:: Wine snob in training
My weekends away from the lab are so stressful.
Blog
Bienvenue!
I am currently in Strasbourg, France on an organic chemistry research grant from the NSF at the Louis Pasteur Institute. This blog is subject to contain everything from random musings, funny observations, organic chemistry, and other anecdotes about daily life abroad in France.
Older entries from my summer spent in Vienna and Oxford in 2007 can be viewed below.
I am currently in Strasbourg, France on an organic chemistry research grant from the NSF at the Louis Pasteur Institute. This blog is subject to contain everything from random musings, funny observations, organic chemistry, and other anecdotes about daily life abroad in France.
Older entries from my summer spent in Vienna and Oxford in 2007 can be viewed below.
MissElaineous
Belgium Chocolate. I feel a sin coming on...oh la la.
Proper way to taste champagne
1) Look at it, holding it on the stem so as not to warm the glass
2) Take a waft, or smell
3) Take a sip, let it lightly dance on your tongue
4) Smell it again, and you’ll be able to smell more suble fruit smells now
Cynics can skip the dancing on the tongue detail, but I think it’s the best part.
2) Take a waft, or smell
3) Take a sip, let it lightly dance on your tongue
4) Smell it again, and you’ll be able to smell more suble fruit smells now
Cynics can skip the dancing on the tongue detail, but I think it’s the best part.
Fast facts in the name of champagne taste
- Saying “French champagne” is redundant, since true champagne only comes from this region of France
- Vintages are only made during years when the crop is exceptional, and unlike non-vintages, they do not combine wine from previous years
- “Finish” refers to the aromatic remnants on the palate following consumption
- Champagne undergoes its second fermentation with a cap, not a cork, because it interferes with the flavor
- At Moët et Chandon, the last vintage was 2000, and will sit another year before being sold
- Chardonnay was imported into France during the crusades, along with a type of rose
- Moët et Chandon has enough champagne bottles in their cellar at this moment to give one to every person in France. This would be a huge ass party.
- There are specific sizes of bottles (just to name a few): Magnums = 1.5 liters, Mathusalem = 6 liters, or 8 bottles, Nabuchodonsor = 15 liters, or 20 bottles; only made to order and cannot be fermented in a bottle this big, it’s combo of many bottles during packaging
Is he holding what I think he's holding?
Who let Lorena Bobbitt into the Vatican?
Map of Europe
Daily Grind
Posts
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(31)
-
▼
July
(13)
- Hello Everyone.I got back last night from a fabulo...
- Gulliver's Travels Part III
- Me in London. Can you see why I like it there?Ju...
- Gulliver's Travels Part II
- Gulliver's Travels Part IRat does ViennaAs many of...
- Life of an Oxford StudentJuly 15, 2007I feel like ...
- Oxford with a side of Hobnobs: Nobbly, Oaty Biscu...
- Hello from Oxford!So I have an update in the works...
- Planes, Trains, and Toilet WoesIn bathrooms feelin...
- Below: MORE PICTURES TO COME: CHECK BACK SOON!!!!J...
- I've been staying way too busy everyone!So new pla...
- Hello Everyone!So my apologies, you must go one mo...
-
▼
July
(13)
2 comments:
Thank you so much for sharing the photos, Elaine! I am so ROFL over the art museum photo of the painting you had to talk about! Did you have to pose for it as well? OMG. That would have been a riot. Who would play the guy cupping one of your "ladies"? LOLOLOL. The ALPS were breathtaking. I felt 20 degrees cooler just by looking at that snow. The photos are all awesome. "I'm so happy for you" Well I will go back to my B.A. Saturday night! Keep having fun. Love you and miss you. I'll be glad to see your UT butt back in Texas!
Elaine, these photos are beautiful! And you've become so cultured with all the museums, operas etc.
My friends are here from Indy this weekend, and today we saw the cattle drive down Exchange St in the Fort Worth Stockyards. They were were all LONGHORNS!
Can't wait to hear all about Oxford and see some photos from there. How is your class going?
Post a Comment