Auf wiedersehen mein liebes Innsbruck

Deixo daqui a pouco Innsbruck... :-( estou tenso e com um aperto... Vemo-nos em Paris ;-) até já

Destino do flipnotirol

Pois é, dois anos se passaram com flipnotirol! Agora que me mudo para Paris que sugerem que faça ao blog? Continuo? Se sim que novo nome lhe poderei dar? Não faz sentifo ser " Österreich Über Alles". Quero a vossa opinião...

Snowboard @ Stubai Gletscher

Tios

E estes tios F e S que não sendo tios de sangue, estiveram sempre a meu lado. Sempre com uma palavra amiga, sempre com um coração repleto de ternura para este sobrinho, que não sendo sobrinho de sangue, nunca se esqueceu deles.

Obrigado meus queridos TIOS Francisco e Salete

Missão cumprida

Doktor der Naturwissenschaften

Alguns momentos do grande dia.

A quem agradeci! ;-)

Presidente do júri (indicado para Nobel da física 08)


Paulo e Philipp

Paulo e Paul

A família feliz eheh

Obrigado por todas as mensagens facebook, todos os emails, todos os sms, todos os telefonemas. Obrigado pelo calor que me transmitiram num dia tao frio e nevoso, mas tao especial.

A hora da verdade

Uma SACHER com 3 velas para comecar o dia! :-)

Viva a neve!
Chegou para me dizer adeus.
Meu lindo Tirol branco, obrigado! Levo-te no meu coracao!

Yuupii Snow!
Comes to say good bye.
My "schön" white Tyrol, thank you! You are in my heart!

Ph(F)ilip(p)e's trip

Since long time that me and Philipp, we talk about some trip troughAustria. The first idea it was by motorbike, but we never manage to arrange that, and the Philipp's motorbike was sold, and finaly we did one week ago by car. Philipp start to complain because I didnt post our trip in the blog, this is the reason why only now Im doing it!

We start going to Zillertal, south east of Tirol. Between This valley and Salzburg region we pass by the waterfalls, the bigger ones in Austria. We took some picture as a good turist and we had a late lunch in some small city already in Salzburg region. Before we were back to Tirol, we went for a short coffe with Georg, in Salzbug and after that back to Innsbruck.

2 ANOS!

Aquele sábado de sol em que cheguei a Innsbruck, cheio de malas, de saudade, com alguma angústia e tristeza por ter deixado para trás, ou ter deixado lá longe tudo o que me enche, já foi há dois anos. Como passou depressa este tempo. Passaram dois anos e faltam 25 dias para deixar Innsbruck!

Hoje numa troca de mails com o meu amigo Philipp, lhe dizia que cada dia fico mais triste por deixar tanta coisa que vivi em Innsbruck, ao qual ele me respondia de que as coisas mudam tanto, que quando cheguei sentia-me triste por estar longe de Portugal e agora trago comigo um sentimento similar mas oposto. É claro que as saudades de Portugal e de tudo o que lá tenho não diminuem com o tempo, mas nestes dois anos consegui criar qualquer coisa que me deixará ligado ao Tirol, as minhas pegadas estão espalhadas por estas montanhas.

Foram dois anos de distância, de saudade, de mudança de vida. Dois anos de intenso trabalho, reconhecido e que deu muitos frutos. Dois anos longe de vós, mas sempre perto no pensamento. Dois anos em que abri novos horizontes, em que descobri um novo caminho para a minha vida profissional, um caminho onde me sinto bem, feliz e realizado. Dois anos que estão a culminar com um grandioso fim. Aproveito para referir todos os emails que me foram enviados em resposta ao marco atingido. Sinto-me sensibilizado e apoiado com as vossas palavras.

Dois anos em que todos vós caminhastes comigo!

Obrigado!

Nao faz sentido escrever duas páginas de agradeciemntos e nao as dar a conhecer. Foram dois anos intensos, que culminaram com apreciacao excelente de ambos juris da minha tese. Tudo isto só foi possível porque vós também acreditastes que era possível. Obrigado pela vossa amizade, carinho e apoio.

Aknowledgments

To Professor Paul Scheier and to Professor Paulo Limão-Vieira, for their constant support, encouragement, exceptional and strong supervision. For the confidence in all the work I have been involved in, as well as for the opportunities to contact others groups throughout the scientific community. I am also thankful to Professor Tilmann Märk, for his encouragement and the way that he supports students, giving everyday valuable scientific advice. The strong cooperation between the Institute of Ionic Physics at Innsbruck University by Professor Scheier and Professor Märk and at the CEFITEC - Centre of Physics and Technological Research at the New University of Lisbon by Professor Limão-Vieira, made possible to develop my doctoral studies in Innsbruck.

To Doctor Stephan Denifl, post-doc in the Nano-Bio Physics group at the University of Innsbruck, a colleague that always had an answer to my doubts, everyday some minutes to help, discuss and advice me. With him I had strong scientific discussions that increased my physical-chemical knowledge.

To Professor Andrew Ellis from Leicester University and to Professor Olof Echt from New Hampshire University, for the strong support in the preparation of publications concerning the results discussed in this thesis. Also to Doctor Sylwia Ptasinska from Open University, Milton Keynes, UK for the opportunities to discuss results during her stays in Innsbruck. With these three acclaimed scientists I had the chance to learn and discuss science, together with Professor Eugen Illenberg from the Freie Universität Berlin, Professor Diethard Bohme from York University, Toronto and Professor Leon Sanche from Sherbrooke University.

To Doctor Alexander Giuliani at Synchrotron Soleil, Paris, for the chance that he gave me to visit his lab, work with him and learn the technique Atmospheric Pressure Photoionisation.

Thank you to all my colleagues at the Institute of Ionic Physics at Innsbruck University and at the CEFITEC - Centre of Physics and Technological Research at the New University of Lisbon, for the friendly atmosphere and constant support.

Members of the staff at the New University of Lisbon, Mrs Maria Helena Rodrigues, Department of Physics; Mrs Paula Correia and Mrs Ana Cruz, Cefitec; and at University of Innsbruck, Mrs Arntraud Bacher, Mr Markus Peimpolt, Mrs Sandra Naschberger, Mrs Leonie Werner, Institut of Ionic Physics.

A special thank you to my best friend in Austria and former colleague, Doctor Philipp Sulzer, for the pleasuring conversations around a glass of red wine or a beer, and for his steady and friendly advice. Philipp was a strong and crucial support during my stay in Innsbruck. To Achim Edtbauer, for his friendship both in the university and sharing the same flat. These two friends have contributed for happy days in Innsbruck.

A warm thank you to all my great friends in Portugal, I will not list them because of the number and to avoid forgetting anyone! All of them were very important during these two years. Without their support this time would have been difficult and long. For all of them a tight hug!

To my friends that I met in Innsbruck, for the great and happy time, people from different countries that gave me the opportunities to learn different cultures and increase my friendships in the world.

To my special family 1100, my Scout group, my blues that lost one leader during this time but at the same time were always with me, always present in my heart.

To everybody that followed my blog: flipnotirol.blogspot.com, my board diary that testifies in a funny way this life trip throughout Austria. In particular, to my uncle Francisco and my aunt Salete, daily readers and often the bridge between those that don’t use internet!

Last but not least, to my loved family, brothers and sisters, for their encouragement and presence, specially to my dear Mamã and my dear Papá, for their support, their sweet words and warm love during my stay in Innsbruck. Without this dear family this step would have been much more difficult and grey.