Since Thursday was mostly just about the banquet, I'll skip talking about it and posting pictures (since this is a travel blog). However, if you were there, or simply want to look at pictures from it, I can advise that the organizers are collecting photos and will post them, I think, on the conference webpage.
Ok, ok. One photo. In the middle (with the beard) is the person whose birthday we were celebrating. Around him stood many of his former students.
I should mention that every day I had breakfast at Sesame, a restaurant (and also a hotel, I just learned) near the IUC-- ,,Inter-University Center"-- where the conference was held. The waiters were nice and their coffee was delicious.
Here's the view from the IUC in the direction of Sesame. You can see a little of Sesame on the left side -- it's pretty well hidden by the trees.
Friday, 28.06..
Friday was the last day of the conference. the conference was held in the IUC which had a really pretty courtyard, where we daily had coffee and cake (and math chats):
Here's a view from in front of the IUC:
Lunch was at ,,...nishta", a vegetarian restaurant. Tasty and interesting. I had the felafel and lemonad.
After the last talk, a lot of people wanted to go swimming, since the weather was great. We went to a ,,Beach bar", where you could swim and snorkel nearby. But, like every ,,beach" here (outside of the artifical one by one of the fancy hotels), it was no proper beach, but a rocky coast.
It was fun and relaxing. Some people swam, some sat, some drank. You could comfortably leave your stuff to be watched by the people there and go take a turn in the water. The water, as ever, was a bit ,,fresh" and therefore refreshing :). I finally had my swim-goggles with me, and the water there next to the ,,beach bar" was shallow enough that I could see a few things -- a sort of ,,sea-snake" and some fish. It would've been a lot easier with a snorkel. I was very much out of practice holding my breath.
Here's a nice view near where we were swimming. It's a part of `Blackwater Bay" from Game of Thrones:
After the swim, we met up with a few others, then re-divided into groups for dinner. Because of my pleasant experience in the harbor in the west, I suggested we simply go there and find something. The weather was still nice enough that we all opted to walk there (it was mostly downhill, anyway). It was a pleasant walk.
A nice sunset view as we walked:
This is probably Croatian for ,,push":
We ended up eating at Porat. I had the seabass, which was steamed in banana leaves, and every bit as soft and delicious as the menu had promised.
Hier is some of what other people ate:
Next up on the travel blog:
- Saturday -- exploring the botanical garden/reserve on the island of Lokrum
- Sunday -- Cable car up the mountain, lots of beautiful views of Durbovnik. Later, a walk around the city walls.
I flew back on Monday.
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