Power

Well, the eminent plasma physics theorist Amnon Fruchtman has let me borrow his power adapter that is compatible with my laptop so I had a bit of time to post an update on my trip.

Heidelberg was very lovely, and the view from my hotel room was much improved over Frankfurt:

The view from the castle was even better:


After that was a quick trip to Karlsruhe, where my talk went quite well. We had a banquet last night at a palace in Schwetzingen. In order to enhance the experience, the tour buses were driven through time portals developed at the Forschungszentrum fur Zeitphysik Karlsruhe.

Here's a picture (from left to right) of my advisor John Scharer, the aforementioned hero Amnon Fruchtman, and yours truly:

Well, one last round of talks here at Karlsruhe and then it is on to a high-speed ICE train to Berlin. Stay tuned for further updates...