Plans for this summer

Laurent Warnet

Hometown/country: Bohain, France

Designation/faculty: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering Technology (CTW)

Plans for this summer: `I will be helping my parents to move from my hometown to a village in the Vosges in north-eastern France. After that, I will be going for two weeks to the French Alps with my family, just to do some trekking'. He adds, `I would like to enjoy the mountains and am really looking forward to camping with my children'.

Frank Meijer

Hometown/country: Alkmaar, the Netherlands

Designation/faculty: AIO, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences (GW)

Plans for this summer: `I am going to Hamburg in Germany for a week with my girlfriend. We will be visiting some friends there, especially my girlfriend's best friend. She will show us around the city. Hopefully we will have a lot of parties; I am really looking forward to enjoying the surroundings. I am also looking forward to the festive atmosphere due to the World Cup'.

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Hometown/country: Palghat (Kerala), India

Designation/faculty: AIO, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI)

Plans for this summer: `I have a plate full of plans for this summer: visiting my family in India; the last time I saw them was in May. I would also like to visit some of the popular tourist destinations in Europe with my friends, such as Barcelona and Brussels. If time permits, I also want to visit a friend in Sicily.' Sandeep adds, `having said all these things, I would consider myself lucky if I manage to squeeze in time for all these from my tight work schedule'.

Lieuwe van der Meer

Hometown/country: Enschede, the Netherlands

Program: Mechanical Engineering - Polymers

Plans for this summer: `I am going on vacation this summer for about two weeks. I will be going to the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary. Afterwards, I will travel through Eastern Europe for a week or so. I would like to visit some major cities like Prague. I am hoping to have a lot of fun and since I have never been to Eastern Europe, I am really curious to get an impression about those countries'.

Thérèse ter Heide-Noll

Hometown/country: Enschede, the Netherlands

Designation/faculty: Staff member, International Office

Plans for this summer: `I will have a one week holiday in July, when I go to Berlin to visit the museums as well as Checkpoint Charlie. I am also looking forward to seeing the largest train station in Europe there. Since it is a historic city, I would like to visit all the places of importance. If time permits, I will go to Potsdam in Eastern Germany. In August, I intend to go to France for two or three weeks to visit my friends and to stay in the Gîte, in the region of Morvan. As I am a French teacher, I will utilize this time to communicate in French.'

Richard Loendersloot

Hometown/country: Enschede, the Netherlands

Designation/faculty: Post-doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Engineering Technology (CTW)

Plans for this summer: `I hope to visit a Spanish friend who lives in Zaragoza in Spain with his girlfriend. They have bought a house recently and I hope to have a lot of fun with them. After that, I will go some place else in Spain, with my girlfriend. As of now, I am not sure where exactly. I am a guy who plans or alters his trip at the last moment.'

Selim Ciraci

Hometown/country: Ankara, Turkey

Designation/faculty: AIO, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI)

Plans for this summer: `I am going to Bodrum in Turkey, one of the best towns to spend summer near the Aegean Sea. My family owns a summerhouse there, so we go every summer. For this holiday, I plan to stay with my family. Bodrum is also famous for its clubs and bars, so you can guess what I will be doing each night. I'll be there for two weeks in August.'

Sisay Haile Michael

Hometown/country: Ethiopia

Designation/faculty: Masters student, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences

Plans for this summer: `I am here for the summer on a Nuffic grant to complete my thesis. I am staying at the university for the whole summer to analyze the data I have collected in Ethiopia and write my thesis. After that I will go home and begin working as a lecturer in September.'

Katharine Owens

Hometown/country: Valdosta, Georgia- United States

Designation/faculty: AIO, Center for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy (BBT)

Plans for this summer: `I just spent a week relaxing in the Sauerland in Germany; I will spend the rest of the summer working until August when I attend a conference in Tampere, Finland and go to a friend's wedding in Haderslev, Denmark. I hope to enjoy a lot of nature in both places.'

Laurent Warnet