Last night we went out for dinner with Sal's supervisor, Gaby. I enjoyed it because I hadn't had the chance to speak with him yet. He’s a lovely guy and has some interesting things to say about life in North Carolina and the United States in general. The picture below is also interesting because you can see how rugged up we are, especially me. The temperatures over the past few days have dropped below zero over night.
Another thing that is surprising me here is the amount of air traffic. I took a picture from our front porch yesterday afternoon. In the picture you can see five contrails from aircraft. There is nothing unusual about this view. Every hour of the day there is usually a couple of contrails visible.
I am still enjoying the Duke campus. I have included some pictures of the colossal Duke Chapel and also a little patch of forest near Sal’s building that I think is pretty. When people come to visit us we could easily spend a whole day walking around the Duke grounds.
One of the other PhD students had her preliminary exams today. They are a type of mock thesis defense and are exceedingly stressful. She passed so it looks like we are going out tonight to celebrate.
Dinner with Sal’s supervisor.
Contrails above Durham.
The Duke campus.
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