Well the trip to Marseille passed un eventful. A hotel overlookinng the Old Port, several nice bars around. Missed out on a Bouillabaisse, though had plenty of fish. A mice meal on the Monday evening (scallops & black pudding for a starter followed by roast pigeon.) Marseille was a lot warmer than Geneva - Tuesday was a glorious day people sat outside eating! The meeting was very productive as well!
The trip to Lyon was interesting. Again a nice meal provided by IN2P3/LCG France. I'm not sure how useful more contribution was - not a right load of question. These are the time I really kick myself for not making a concerted effort to improve my French. I can just about get by to make myself understood (not over the phone though!) but even the simplest sentence I just can't work out. Trouble is it's obvious when someone else has done the translation - it's the running of words into each other that throws me.
Well CERN closed for the Chirstmas period yesterday I'm back in Bristol in the bossom of my family. Been back less than 24 hours & I don't think they are fed up oof me just yet. I'm sure Jen will llet me know - not that I saw her for more than 30 seconds!
Another year over nearly - where has it gone? I find it scarey that time flies by so quickly with the first collisions looming ever nearer at the LHC and so much still to do.
your loyal commenter....
:D not fed up of you just yet however getting there
lucky you travelling across france on a whim, we are all jealous of course, whether it was work or not...
Hope there is one more post! If not has been good commenting
jenxx
Posted by: Jenny Brook | December 24, 2005 at 02:56 PM