Off to see wee Robbie and Nicky tomorrow in Barcelona! Its snowing in Cambridge today - not there!
Also got my dates and agenda - 9-11 June in Helsinki with Alex speaking at this: http://tadobatis.org/Helsinki_06/2006_Helsinki_agenda.html
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The morning after...
Monday 4.45am alarm and the 5.34am train to Paris - brutal!
But at least I saw the Japanese boys (see blog for June) and had a fabulous langoustine/artichokes/dark chocolate truffles lunch with Bernard (see river swim photos September), my friend from the French PM's office. Rather good Italian red too. Then home eventually after an 18-hour day.
But at least I saw the Japanese boys (see blog for June) and had a fabulous langoustine/artichokes/dark chocolate truffles lunch with Bernard (see river swim photos September), my friend from the French PM's office. Rather good Italian red too. Then home eventually after an 18-hour day.
Wild weekend in London/Eritrea/Poland/NZ/Dresden
Alex came into town and here's the evidence:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qa/101119519/
It was a weekend of great food, great company, strange late night conversation, and Chateau Neuf du Pape celebrating Tom/Maria's engagement, followed by delicious black Okocim beer, then sangria and beer at a Notting Hill party, then speaking Spanish to Venzuelans, then Moldovan, then a 4am hour-long 'blind date' phone call - then...well, Sunday lunchtime we had a long glorious lunch in a pub, at the end of which the lovely Mayna from Dresden grinned all over her face when I promised "we will never come back"...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qa/101119519/
It was a weekend of great food, great company, strange late night conversation, and Chateau Neuf du Pape celebrating Tom/Maria's engagement, followed by delicious black Okocim beer, then sangria and beer at a Notting Hill party, then speaking Spanish to Venzuelans, then Moldovan, then a 4am hour-long 'blind date' phone call - then...well, Sunday lunchtime we had a long glorious lunch in a pub, at the end of which the lovely Mayna from Dresden grinned all over her face when I promised "we will never come back"...
Saturday, February 11, 2006
OECD conference in a Vatican palace
The Insitut San Michele
- which was nice! Conference vdery pleasant lots of old and new friends, wonderful banquet in a private palazzo by the Palazzo Vienetzia - the outgoing Italian government knows how to treat its guests (even if it is re-elected)
Visit to the Vatican
Sunday morning, naturally - but it was free (last Sunday of the month) so the Italians were prctising rucking and mauling for the riigby the following week, nightmare queue just to see the most explicitly gay erotic roof ever - Michaelangelo had quite an eye for the boys!
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Monday, February 06, 2006
La Dolce Vita Roma 28-29 January
Pics to follow...even the Italians were impressed with the palaces that the government laid on for the OECD workshop!