picassa

heres the link!

http://picasaweb.google.com/andrew.sudmant

no captions and so far this is jsut london but ill try to add more when we get to sarahs relatives and i have more internet access. ill figure out how to post pics tro the blog too. I hear the schnitzel next door calling me right now though... so ill have to add more exciting updates at a latre date,

Andrew

Switzerland

Hi all,

sorry for the delay between posts and thanks Walt for holding the fort in my absences :) Im now in switzerladn with Sarah and Im having a great time. The food here is fantastic, especially compared to the Uk, who knew schnitzel was so delicious? the scenery is also amazing. today we went to the jungfre region, where peolpe ski. it was a long journey, we took 10 trains (including 2 trains way up in the mounaitns) 2 buses and 6 gondolas. the view from the top was unbelievable and the little villages we went through were like christmas cards and still have lots of snow at elevatoin. i ahve a gift for one family member so far, it pretty much fits them perfectly if you think of swiss ski culture (no i did not get dad lauderhosen though that would be sweet too) we re staying in luason tonight, the olympic capital and tomorrow we er meeting our firend molly )from edinburgh) in geneva. everything here runs unbelievalby smoothly. our tiny town hasa metro, trains and buses. theres a line for internet so i better run, but its great hearing from you all!

adam, i understand that you ddi something that would make me very angry...grrrrr

ive uploaded some photos to my picassa account, ill try to adda link thuis.

all the best,
Andrew

Saw an eagle

This eagle has a small fish in its claws, which you could see if someone had given me an big honking telephoto lens for Christmas. (well, you could also double click and blow up the photo, and then you'd also see the little fish - but still, if I had that big honking lens, you wouldn't have to click on the photo)

Dog of the month

Hey Walter, what's it like where you live?

Dog of the month

Its Lucy again!

View Larger Map

We were between Hoh Head and Scotts Bluff - zoom in to see Strawberry Point and Toliac Point, where many of the photos were taken

The Wild West Coast of the Olympic Peninsula

Some photos of the hike I went on at the beginning of this week. Myself, Aaron, and our friend Sheila hiked the South Coast of the Olympic Peninsula. We saw bald eagles, seals, loads of sea critters but unfortunately no grey whales, though supposedly they are migrating along the coast at this time of the year.

Edinburgh

Hi All,

Ive had a fairly relaxing time here in Edinburgh for the last couple days. Yesterday evening my friend Sarah took me to "take a friend to netball", an event the university team puts on to teach outsiders the game. Netball is actually very cool and a lot more challenging than it appears, its similar to basketball, if youre not familiar, but Ill leave a more detailed description to wikipedia (whose link you may notice up and to the right) if you are interested. I got a rail pass for switzerland today and later im ordering a europass to travel by train to marseille after im in switzerland. Any news from teh port Adam? How was the run Peter? Nice Adam Smith post Walt, I like where youre going with this. Keep me posted on those tulips mom..:) Lucy, take walter out more often, I hear he needs more walks :)

Andrew

Today's quote from Adam Smith (his view on university teachers)

If the teacher happens to be a man of sense, it must be an unpleasant
thing to him to be conscious, while he is lecturing to his students,
that he is either speaking or reading nonsense, or what is very little
better than nonsense. It must, too, be unpleasant to him to observe,
that the greater part of his students desert his lectures; or perhaps,
attend upon them with plain enough marks of neglect, contempt, and
derision. If he is obliged, therefore, to give a certain number of
lectures, these motives alone, without any other interest, might
dispose him to take some pains to give tolerably good ones. Several
different expedients, however, may be fallen upon, which will
effectually blunt the edge of all those incitements to diligence. The
teacher, instead of explaining to his pupils himself the science in
which he proposes to instruct them, may read some book upon it; and if
this book is written in a foreign and dead language, by interpreting
it to them into their own, or, what would give him still less trouble,
by making them interpret it to him, and by now and then making an
occasional remark upon it, he may flatter himself that he is giving a
lecture. The slightest degree of knowledge and application will enable
him to do this, without exposing himself to contempt or derision, by
saying any thing that is really foolish, absurd, or ridiculous. The
discipline of the college, at the same time, may enable him to force
all his pupils to the most regular attendance upon his sham lecture,
and to maintain the most decent and respectful behaviour during the
whole time of the performance.

London

all is tit top here in London. its my last full day before im off to Edinbuh. this mornig i wnet to teh globe theatre and tonight im going to the musical chicago. im thinking about seeing the war museum but i havent decided yet

here's something cool i saw on the thames:
rubbish collector

Andrew

Exiting new feature on the Sudmant Family Blog: Andrew abroad!

Be sure to add this blog to your list of followed blogs, as we introduce the new feature "Andrew Abroad". There will be exciting new posts as Andrew experiences travel through Europe and North Africa. Photos, updates, wry remarks, witty anecdotes, and many a tip for you, the future traveller.

Andrew's dad estimates blog updates on Andrew's travel every few weeks, with some blogs being up to three sentences long. And, bonus... there might be photos, as our Andrew captures the magic of travel with his new digital photography gear (or maybe the used camera didn't come with a USB cable - no problem for the resourceful traveller).

Stay tuned, and don't forget to click on the special offers featured on The Sudmant Family Blog!!

London

Hi all,

all is well in London, Im making a quick stop off for a bite before heading to the Darwin Exhibition at the natural history museum. I'll keep you posted!

Andrew

KEXP live from SXSW

All this week is the South By Southwest music festival in Austin Texas, broadcast live on the World Wide Internetwork by KEXP. This awesome festival features loads of trendy hip bands. BEST of all you can watch live video of the bands play, streaming on the web. Check it out!

Also of interest is the KEXP albums of the year website. A great place to find NEW music that's actually enjoyable (notice the conspicuous absence of Kanye West, Rhianna... any of that talentless garbage so unfortunately branded as R&B these days... uhg)

The view from the studio. Again, a little tree trimming will soon transform the view.
(note: the "studio" and the "gallery" are two different buildings)

An interior view of the art gallery, or as we fondly refer to it, "galleria rosa" (not a joke, this is listed on the tourist brochures).

Like the Medici's, we too have an art gallery on the grounds of the family estate.

The Garden

See how a little tree trimming (well more like a clear-cut operation) would open up the view.

Inside the studio

The artist studio and storage shed.

Here's the place on Saturna. Double click to see nice big pictures.

Caroline's Post

Caroline's first article of the day

Article of the Day

Todays' theme is forestry, here is an article on China's "Green Wall":

China's Great Green Wall

"The mass tree-planting required for this and other projects has given China the biggest artificial forest in the world, covering more than 500,000 square kilometres, or twice the size of Britain."

""China plants more trees than the rest of the world combined," says John McKinnon, the head of the EU-China Biodiversity Programme."

Ragnar Relay

So as everyone I'm sure is well aware, Ragnar is fast approaching, with that in mind, thought I'd share some details on that famous west coast pirate, Ragner himself:

Ragnar was a 9th century Norse King. He was a pirate, a raider, a conqueror, an explorer, and a wild man. The tough, fearless, rugged attributes of this Norse King are shared by all who participate in a Ragnar Relay.

Woozers! what a fellow! More details on that old pirate here,

http://www.ragnarrelay.com/northwestpassage/coursemaps

Weather report,

I don't know how to post this link here,I think I've done it right... weather report, Jaco Pastorius, rad base line, plus listen to the interesting singing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o

Article of the Day

It's wednesday, so you know what that means, interesting water related article day!

Your Water Bottle is One-Quarter Oil
Downstream Effects

and a cool invention: the lifestraw

Article of the Day

After Sunday's post I have had numerous requests for more links to MotherJones science and health articles, so here we go! :

Can Wheat and Corn be made into perennials?
Biofuels, the Rainforest's Worst Enemy

On the topic of food, here are some interesting websites:

vertical farming
Green Roofs of the Future

A few people have contacted me asking if they can post their own thoughts, articles and websites. Absolutely! SudmantFamily is always looking for more correspondents :)

the best dog on the blog

What's the point of a family blog

What's the point of a family blog
without the family dog?

Fast as a greyhound,
smart as a whip,
our dog!

Double click on photo for full impact of this action nature shot.

Cooking and Evolution: why we cook

Evolution of cooking

Article of the Day

I am a little behind on my "articles of the day" and today is a day of celebration (for the new financing our blog is receiving from adsense), so today's post will include several articles and a set of slides from Krugman:

The New Macro (Slides)

Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner
Organic and Local 2008
The Chain Never Stops

these last three are links to my new favourite website motherjones.com

TEST

Article of the Day

Article of the Day

its long, but this is the permalink so you can bookmark it and read it later.

Big Fat Lie

Here's some text to surround the might bull I saw in Scotland. Someone should clean this blog up after I've fooled around with it.

Here's an article I liked. I've always noticed this happens
free throws

wow first post, what a rush!! where should I start? How about that Dow bouncing back today? Or that "secret deal" between Obama and Russia? or David Brooks "Moderate Manifesto"?(the most blogged article on NYTimes.com)

seriously though, Im going to post random articles i read here and you guys need to humour me by bookmarking this site and clicking on it every so often so I can see if I can sell ad space here and dont have to work at the port this summer. Feel free to post whatever you want as well.

Andrew