Having spent a long day thinking about Physics, fourteen of the weary panel members went for dinner at the fine restaurant "Fire" in downtown Dublin. After a lovely dinner, with excellent conversation, we trekked back through the cold and rain (quite lovely actually) to our hotel, to find that the lobby was alive with activity! A fellow wearing whites and a chef's hat came up to us and offered us hot chocolate -with whipped cream and sprinkles! How could we say no? We sat for a while in the fun atmosphere of the lobby (I think maybe two or three conferences had collided nicely to chill out in the lobby, spilling out of the bar, etc) I took a few snaps. [[strike]Sorry they're a bit dark.... wanted them spontaneous and hate to use flash.... did not have time to re-expose as well as I wanted to avoid being fooled by extraneous lighting[/strike]]. Here's Astrophysicist Luca Amendola (Roma), and Mathematical Physicist Anne Taormina (Durham):
... and Christina Lacey (USC - the other one...University of South Carolina).
Christina, planning to go exploring the area in and around Dublin after her panel work, put her head together with area Astrophysicist (always wanted to say that), Anthony Murphy (N.U.I., Maynooth) to consult over detailed maps on the local geography.
Then off to my room to blog and then to bed .... Yay! -cvj
