Happy Wednesday!

I'm on the way back from Austria to the USA, and then promptly going on vacation--I cannot wait! But the meetings there went well, and everyone seems quite sure that we will get Austria on board for the project. Let's hope so.

I stayed with friends in the 6th district rather than in a hotel


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Happy Thursday!

Great meetings yesterday, the whole afternoon was spent at a congress at the Convention Center, talking to loads of scientists about the project and how to make something very international and exciting.

Our final meeting was again near the port, so we walked through the city.


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Happy Wednesday!

We were able to leave the office at a reasonable time and go walk around in Genoa for a while before the dinner. We found out the luggage arrived (oh bliss and joy!) which immediately had me in a good mood.

I was able to do a little tourism . . . not much sadly, most of what I see is ---


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Happy Tuesday!

We got to Genoa on Sunday after a very tiring trip: a delayed flight to Milan, lost luggage, the bus to the central train station in Milan, then the train from Milan to Genoa and then finally arriving at where we are staying. It was an arduous trip!


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Friday! Thank heaven!

After getting off the boat ride down the Seine, we went in quest of dinner


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After exploring some more of the Palais Royal, we started to head toward the passages


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Happy Friday!

After lunch we left the Champs Elysees neighborhood and headed to the Left Bank, to St. Germain. Our assignment was to photograph cafes, and some of the very famous ones (Cafe Flore, Les Deux Magots, etc.) are all there. They were also full to the gills with tourists! Just look at the Bonaparte, right down the road!


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