Worshipping at the cathedral of learning…

Monday 15 September

What am I referring to?  Well, it’s the term used in the opening keynote to describe the large assembly hall at the University of Aarhus.  It was difficult taking photo’s that capture the scale of the hall, but here they are:

See what I mean?  Anyway, the day was nice with a lot of good presentations and lot’s of stuff to think about. Many of the sessions were held in rooms with the lights out and the curtains pulled so that we could see the PowerPoint presentations.  It was tricky taking notes in the semi dark.  But, I was able to observe just what most delegates do when they have a laptop at the conference.  It may surprise you to learn that note taking is not popular.  Emails are very popular, so is Googling and reading online newspapers. However, I can report I did see one person preparing their presentation.

The organisers are very friendly and helpful and naturally being Danish speak impeccable English.  It was nice to get a copy of the papers printed and bound (see below) in the delegates pack.

Someone at the university has a nice sense of humour, I found this water feature on an outside patio terrace.

They also produce a nice line in university t-shirts.

Now for Angela here are the now obligatory hotel room photo’s

I think the last pic is explaining about the hotel features? Anyhow it’s regular Ikea land here in patriotic red and white.

Today I’m loving…
No air conditioning in the bedroom and having windows that open to let in the fresh air. Back to long  good sleeps.