I spent this week end in Ann Arbor Michigan attending a wedding. Since I spent some of the most important years of my professional careers at University of Michigan (from 1982 to 1993) and was well rewarded by Michigan for…
Cruising
The last three days were three stops in Alaska. First we visited Ketchikan. We saw the rainforest – it rains about 160â€?/year there. True to its reputation, it was raining. The forest was a great experience, but I must say…
Bulgarian Experience
Bulgaria is becoming a full member of European Union in 2007. It appears to be one of the poorest members of the union, I believe. Driving between Sofia and Varna shows that there is much development needed. Roads are definitely…
Honorary Professorship
When I arrived to give my talk at Technical University of Varna at 2 PM today, I was presented with a great surprise. They requested me to meet the Rector (Vice Chancellor) of the University. There I was told that…
Landmarks in life
I was very touched by many phone calls and e-mails that I received from many friends on my birthday yesterday – June 8. In our life some of these ‘landmarks’ are important not as landmarks but what they do for…