Recent Journeys
In April, I visited Trento for an EU project meeting:
We stayed in a hotel in Sardagna and had this beautiful view from the balcony. The Grappa was fantastic and I loved eating pizza with freshly cut Speck. See a few more photos in the slideshow.
I visited Toulouse in April to present a workshop paper at the European Conference on Information Retrieval:
Toulouse had a wonderful atmosphere and the confit du canard was delicious. See a few more photos in the slideshow.
Finally, in June, I visited Madrid for an EU project meeting:
A colleague recommended a particular cafe for churros, and we were not disappointed. I also managed to visit some friends and see parts of Madrid that were a little off the beaten track. See a few more photos in the slideshow.
Really great read – are you having fun with it? Keep up the good work and good luck with your site!
How do you get to go to all these places? Do they need more volunteer travelers?
I shouldn’t complain–work sent me to Cape Town in March. First trip to the southern hemisphere, and super cool.
Where are you going next?
Hilary,
These travels are related to my work as a research assistant. Cape Town sounds like an awesome place to be sent as part of your job. Was it disorientating to see the water swirl in the opposite direction?
As for future plans… I recently found out that I have a poster paper accepted at a conference in Hong Kong, so I hope I’ll be able to attend.
I had a flatmate from Hong Kong for six months–fabulous girl, very strange food. We’re talking fried lettuce and unidentifiable granulated meat product. So by all means, take the trip if you can, but maybe take some snacks?
The coolest thing about the southern hemisphere was seeing the Milky Way. It’s much more difficult to see up here in the north. But while we were deep in South Africa’s ostrich country, we were actually able to look into the rest of the galaxy. Very nice.