Sunday PM

During our walking tour in the morning, Pat and I met another attendee at my conference, ITiCSE. We met a professor from Turkey whom, with a woman from DOW, we went to lunch at a restaurant called Trattoria Giana. There we had anitpasto and lasagna verde. This was a fabulous meal, and there was lots of great conversation.

After lunch, Pat and I weent back to our room and crashed; let's call it a siesta, okay? After our "naps" we attended an opening reception for the conference at the University of Bologna. Our hotel suggested we take a bus to the reception, which we did. It was a short ride, but a very crowded one. Pat vowed never to take the bus again, and I sort of concur.

At the reception, I ran into several faculty I knew as well as meeting new folks. Pat enjoyed the reception, more I'm sure by seeing how I enjoyed it. One of the attendees I spoke with stated that he and his son had biked across Italy for three weeks prior to the conference. Wow! That's something I do not think I could ever do.

After the recepetion, we walked slowly back to our hotel (no bus this time) with the woman we had met on the walking tour. We walked through the old part of the University and saw truly remarkable architectures.

After freshening up at our room, wee went out for a late supper at Trattoria Tony, recommended by our hotel. Another great meal. Bologna truly is known for wonderful food.