lol don't worry, "i00t2000" is pretty non-gender specific 8)

I think the only problem in the summer is that it gets very hot and stuffy. If you're not stuck in an office all day you'll probably still enjoy yourself - especially if you're going around and visiting some of the islands and what not 8) It'll still be great, don't worry!

Yeh, it's a while to wait, but that gives you plenty of time to work out where to go and what to see

lol! He's not my "boyfriend", I'm a bloke XD Do I come off otherwise?
And I didn't take any of those photos 8( I wish I did cos some of those are really nice. I didn't have a digital camera, so all mine were printed.

But I'm the same! I loved walking around in those busy streets, but there are some quieter places you can go eg Central Park for a bit of a break 8) We went in the winter (november) - sometimes it was jumper and scarf weather, sometimes we were out in t-shirts, but the air was always crisp and clear! I hear it's not very nice there in the summer, though 8(

Hopefully these all work - I've picked some of my favourite landscape pics here, so I hope you enjoy them! What are you doing with that transfer request?!

A view from the top of the Empire State Building
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/j00t2000/IMG_0064.jpg

And another one:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/j00t2000/P1010057.jpg

One of the hectic roads near Times Square, my friend in the foreground! Look at the lights!!
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/j00t2000/P1010026.jpg

And nearby, during the day
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/j00t2000/IMG_0188.jpg

A really nice pic from Central Park
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/j00t2000/P1010004.jpg

Finally, a view over the water on the way back from Statton Island.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/j00t2000/P1010104.jpg

(Oh, and rugby's cool!)

lol no when I can remember html. I'm working on it now - but by gosh the Scots are getting thrashed by the Italians!

Not a rugby fan?

Haha! Yeh I'll check in here every now and again 8) And it sounds like you deserve that week off!

I've got a few piccies ready, I'll post them up when I can ;)

Wow 8( That sounds like a heavy night... You doing the same again today? I suppose you could have a couple of days off once all this is finished, huh? I don't have anything to do today - had to go to the post office to collect a letter, but I thin kI'm gonna chill out and watch the rugby - I quite enjoy the 6 Nations!

I'll see if I can find any photos to put up on the web later on, too.

Aww sorry sara - god how late were you there!? I think the last time I checked was about 11.30 and you hadn't posted :s

Yeah I know what you mean 8( I kinda wish I was 19 again. But there's still plenty of time! You can still do everything you want, and cos you're a bit more mature and know what you want to do, you can be more focussed and get more out of it... There's always a plus side ;) don't worry!

Aww don't feel worse!! My sister's 32 and she's just come back from a year travelling round South America - she's enjoying life as much as anyone ever does!! You're not even remotely old!

Nah ^_^ I'm not working at all at the moment. Don't start the PhD for a few months yet, and only starting a new job on monday, so I'm relaxing! What have you got to do tonight? I saw you have to get your first draft in for the paper, when are you submitting??

And, if you don't mind my asking, how old are you? I'm already 24, and I get a bit down in the dumps that I haven't progressed as fast as others in this profession, but I don't really regret anything - everything that I've done has made me who I am!

Wow! You've studied in a fair few places! I move around Britain a bit, but you've studied across Europe! And a Postdoc in the US would be great - I know one of my friends from my UG course has just started their postdoc over there. I'm pretty jealous that they've already finished their PhD, and I'm yet to start mine! But good luck with that!

Wow - long time to go then :s I haven't even started yet, but I've been offered one for October. I'm really interested in behavioural ecology at the moment, and I'm holding out on being offered an interview and then a PhD studying crab behaviour, but the one I've been offered will still be cool.

What are you studying, and whereabouts? How come you came over from Austria? Did you do your undergrad here, too?

I would LOVE to do that. My area of science is a passion of mine, but there are other things which I would kill to do just as much, maybe even moreso! And going around cataloguing the beautiful parts of the world with photos and mementos would be a special life!

That's one of the things I'm concerned about doing a PhD - but it'll just be the same with any other career/job :s maybe with a little more freedom in another job though. How much longer have you got?

Ooh wow, Iceland! I'd love to go there, and bathe in a hot spring, then go to that pub/hotel that's made out of ice! I'd like to see Canada, too. I can't think of places, but when people mention them I'm like "YES PLEASE!"

I love landscapes, so anywhere I can see a gorgeous vista, I'm there ;)

I'm English, yeh, coming from London... Well, the outskirts of London anyway. What about you?

Haha! What do you study? Cos I want to go to your conferences XD I hope I get to go to fantabulous places like those...

I wanna go to Japan next. It looks really weird and bizarre, but at the same time very cool. I'd love to go to New Zealand, too - that looks superb! What about you, or is NY on the top of your list?