http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Chapman-Professor/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Chapman Professor en-us Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:32:04 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:32:04 +0000 Hong Kongrsquos city face is a concoction of new and old world. The streamlined skyline and glossy buildings made me feel like I was in an enchanted steel forest yet walking around within its city roots I was confronted with the scents of traditional medicine shops that displayed opendried seafood and tea stores that offered leaves from centuryold recipes. A day trip to Chueng Chi Island was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-196688.html My father lived here for fours years in the early 1970s and the sevenhour road trip was dedicated to thoughts about his past. We are a very close family with a lot too say and share. Hearing our father talk about Vietnam was a long time coming. Da Lat had an eclectic impression. We witnessed a reunion through the son of my fatherrsquos sensei from Da Latrsquos Judo Club in 1969 as well as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Central-Highlands/Da-Lat/blog-196675.html There are three photo pages in this entryThis is a visual narrative of a trip that had been in the planning stages for several yearsmdasha plan between father and daughters that finally manifested on August 3 2007. Ida my sister Sonja my father Klaus and myself arrived in Hong Kong after a 14hour flight. It was 5am while we roamed an empty airport waiting for our final connection to Ho Chi M http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-196657.html Our travel course began on June 27 as students checked into their rooms at the City University in the Islington area of London. We took a misty 2hour night walk past St Paulrsquos Cathedral over Millennium Bridge and onto the Embankment where we sighted some of Londonrsquos most popular landmarks. The following morning was officially our first class in a caf two blocks from student accommod http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-182869.html We took a twohour train ride from Paddington Station to the Legible City of Bristol designed by graphic designer Tim Fendley. The city welcomed us with you are here and walking maps directional signage on every corner type design with expert consistency and a color palette that would make your mouth waterhellipoh yes and rainmdashlots of it. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Bristol-County/Bristol/blog-182875.html We held class in a bakery and enjoyed fresh scones coffee and tea with our first seminar on The Significance of Isotype written by Michael Twyman. After a brief break we discussed the reading on Serifs Sans Serifs and Infant Characters in Childrenrsquos Reading Books written by Sue Walker and Linda Reynolds. The afternoon was free for more sightseeing shopping on Oxford Street and getting in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-182881.html The city of Reading was only a short 30minute train ride from Paddington station. We arrived to a downpour of rain so instead of the lsquowalking tourrsquo of Reading we took a taxi to the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. We were welcomed with tea coffee and biscuits and a schedule that included an introduction from Paul Luna Everyday Wayfi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/blog-182889.html July 3 and 4 marked the first free days from the classroom. Students visited Tate Modern London Eye Tower of London shopped again on Londonrsquos high streets and had an opportunity to take day trips to Bath Stonehenge or Brighton. Included in their curriculum was a day trip to Oxford. The photos below show Sonia and I spending our free days in Paris. Last time we were there was for the ch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-182894.html There are two photo pages in this entryMuch of the morning on July 5th was spent in transit from London to Munich. After a threehour flight we were in the glory of the wayfinding and signage system of Munich Airport was originally designed by Otl Aicher and Eberhard Stauss then updated by Koch and Partner. My driving skills were put to the test when we rented a nineperson lsquobusrsquo from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-182899.html We anticipated a slower routine in Vienna Austria. Class was held everyday from 9am until noon with seminars in the first half and finishing with project critiques. Seminars included reading and discussion on The Psychopathology of Everyday Things by Donald Norman The Public Debate on Jock Kinneirrsquos Road Sign Alphabet by Ole Lund The Warsaw Subway Signage System by Roman Duszek Terminal http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-182905.html With the Austrian Rail Pass students had access to visit nearby cities. We shared a day trip with students to Linz and several of us traveled to Salzburg before heading home. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-182909.html