Highland Games Antigonish, originally uploaded by jiruan. 高地运动会(Highland Games)是一项苏格兰的传统项目。由于我所在的加拿大地区在大西洋北部沿岸，所以从苏格兰来的后裔比较多。他们保留了祖先留下来的一些习惯，例如开高地运动会。这里展示的是2009年我所看到的比赛图片，共包括：扔链球，拔河，扔石头，跳舞（女孩子），扔木头过顶，苏格兰风笛演奏。第一次对苏格兰留下深刻印象的是在大学宿舍里看电影《勇敢的心》，然后在2007年的时候我曾短暂游览了爱丁堡，但没能去高地，更没有看到运动会。这一次高地运动会真让我开了眼。下面就欣赏更多的图片吧。

RGU大学的校徽, originally uploaded by jiruan. I visited Groningen twice. The first time was in November 2004. I visited Dr. Barteld Kooi, who works in the Groningen university, after I defended my master thesis. He gave me good advices in the final stage of my thesis writing. It is quite a nice place. Barteld showed me [...]

At Mahoneys Beach, originally uploaded by jiruan. I did a cycling trip to the Mahoneys Beach after finishing a week’s work. I followed the route 337, and it was a bit crowded sometimes: The weather was terrific:

Flying with me, originally uploaded by jiruan. This picture was taken during the Fireworks show and by having a long exposure and moving the camera at the same time. That’s how it is flying. More pictures of the fireworks: