Tuesday 16 Setember,
Firstly an apology for the first time in this trip I’m going to cover two days in one blog.
The conference yesterday was as good as Monday’s sessions and I took heaps of notes and even a few photo’s as although the curtains were still closed the lights were on and I could see the speakers and they could clearly see their audience.
Here you go:
Good looking bunch eh and very engaged, well no, not all the time.
So onto, Wednesday 17 September,
ECDL2008 closed today at lunchtime. So Birtz (the conference organiser) said some lovely closing remarks and handed over to the Greeks who are hosting ECDL2009 in Corfu.
The contrast was startling, from low-key professional, confident Danish to a full on advert from the Corfu tourist board full of Greek music, images of old Greek temples, old men, people relaxing in Cafe’s and views of the blue Mediterranean. The next conference will be held not on a university campus, but in a hotel resort, complete with bars, swimming pools, tanning lotion, Ouzo and everything that is associated with Greek Island holidays.
After lunch I walked back into the hotel, got changed and went sightseeing. I didn’t find anything other than shops of basically three varieties, namely clothing, spectacles or shoes. That’s it, the people of Aarhus are clearly very focused when it comes to shopping.
Today I’m loving…
Eating in a cafe and meeting new people, Erik, the marine engineer who loves Hong Kong and Simon the waiter who’s sister has just come home from a year in Grafton, NSW and clearly loved it.
Oh, and by the way I had a really mean burger tonight, let down only by the absence of French Fries – they were all sold out. But, this means I now have a reason to return.
3 responses so far ↓
Angela // September 19, 2008 at 12:23 am |
sounds like it was a bit similar to the closing of the para olympics.
compared to the chinese, the english parading for the next olympicas evidently looked a bit shabby. how will they ever compete?
Pauline Dickson // September 20, 2008 at 3:26 am |
You have been known to relate another topic with Greek Island holidays – did you mean to miss it out?
nad3068 // September 24, 2008 at 3:57 am |
Oh, do you mean the 1980’s holiday I enjoyed with Karen the lovely girlfriend I had at the time? I fondly remember the times we spent on and off the beach at Kassiopi, in the bars, in the cafes and in our apartment… oh what happiness, what bliss, what a wonderful holiday we had. Of course, I still had hair then.