Bloemfontein

On Wednesday Sept 21st I had to go to Bloemfontein for the first Seminar on Titanium Processing with Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) held at the Central University of Technology where they have the Center for rapid prototyping and Manufacturing. They have been doing some great things since about 1996 and have put together this conference that went well! You can find out more about them at http://www.cut.ac.za/ Very Cool. The aim of the conference was to get all users in Titanium to takl about what they are doing, in an effort to work towards a common goal of advanced development.

Ok so I left around 4:30 am I felt really bad about leaving Sasha for the day but I did not have many options. I got back around 8pm and he was fine he just wanted to play so we did!! He is such a trooper!!!

Ok here is some very brief history on Bloemfontein. Bloem (means blossom or to flower) and Fontein (is Fountain). So flower fountain, I was told that when the settlers came they places that had "water" as it was obviously the thing to have they named them fontein, as such you will see many cities with that ending! Anyhow it is the Capitol of the Free State Provnice (I live in Pretoria which is in the Gauteng province) and also is where all the appeals courts are!

Hope you enjoy the pics!



On the way back to the airport we saw a lot of commotion and heard some very cool tribal music...Not sure what was going on but looked and sounded really cool

There were lots of police around......

This is the front of the airport not very big at all the kind you land at walk off the plane and into the terminal...Love it!

This is on the way out of airport...It also was one of the City's that hosted a Stadium for the World Cup last year!

Very simple yet pretty city...here are some street shots








You could still see some of the World Cup things around the town like here at the bus stop. Also painted murals it was nice to see...