CERN removes old trees from the site . . . but both exits out of CERN are blocked. The dreaded . . . double barree! (OK, just kidding . . . actually, you could drive the wrong way on the left exit and get out)

The church in downtown Meyrin. Meyrin is the closest city to CERN and just down the tram line toward Geneva. We had just come from a restaurant, snow pouring from the sky, when I shot this.

The CERN Globe, partially covered in snow, as more snow falls. The ATLAS Control Room building is seen in the distance.

We awoke to about 5-6 inches of snow. Turns out the CERN rental cars do NOT have snow tires, so we got 30 feet before the car got stuck in ice and snow. We spent about 30 minutes rocking it out of place and back to parking. Then we declared a snow day!

I just moved into my “permanent” place where I will live (rent) while based at CERN during the spring semester and the summer. Not a bad view from my bedroom!

CERN with the snow-capped Jura in the distance

A fresh snow falls overnight at CERN.

A mockup of the ATLAS detector used to design the strategy for cabling the electromagnetic calorimeter.

Saw this on a run around the CERN site.