The B&B I booked was one that other people from the conference were staying in... but it was just an apartment in a condo builiding. And I couldn't figure out which room it was - some guy let me into the building, and directed me towards the stairs. But of course, he was speakin'Eye-tal-iunn, so I didn't understand him. The elevator looked SUPER sketchy (like it was back from the days of the elevator tap dance in Thoroughly Modern Milly or something) so I walked up to the 6th floor. And back down. And then looked at the mailboxes and saw the owner's name on 6A. So I walked up again, and ran into a guy that spoke English. He was able to direct me to the 2nd floor. It was pretty nice. I mean, I'm basically happy anywhere that is clean and has wireless. Such a product of the 21st century ...
After I took a nap, I was reluctant to go back into the blazing Roman heat. But I had three hours until the opening presentation of the conference, so I talked myself into walking to the Trevi Fountain and getting some gelato. This was one of the things I remembered liking the most when I went to Rome with my dad 5 years ago.
More pictures of my walk to and from the Trevi fountain are posted on facebook. As well as a stunning debut of yours truly actually in front of the Trevi fountain. (That's right... I actually got brave enough to hand my camera to a stranger and ask them to take a picture of me. It was intense.)
Thursday night in Rome, we went to the opening presentation of the conference, and then to dinner at Hotel Forum - a beautiful rooftop restaurant with an amazing view. The prices on the menu were more expensive than my flight (good thing my boss was paying), and I couldn't bring myself to eat more than the noodles in my main course (my seafood was looking at me ... with eyes!), but I enjoyed it anyway.
I don't have much to say about the conference now, but I did write something that is posted on the Woman Stat's Blog.
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