Conference in Venice

Yeah, right, a conference in Venice... You might say: what a slacker this Romaric, and you are probably right!

Anyway, here is the story: after a quick week end in Aix les Bains, doing some rock climbing with Caroline, and some more powder skiing with the Moreaus', we took the long drive to Venice. Man, driving on the speedways in Italy is very stressful actually, with nobody respecting the safety distances, passing you by both sides, not using any indicators apart light flashes when they think (often) that you are too slow when you respect the speed limitations... Was very resting to give a talk at the conference, actually...

The title of my talk was "The metallurgy of Peanut Butter". Somehow, many people found it funny, but maybe not that interesting... Anyway, that was an interesting conference with many nice talks, and located on a small island facing the San Marco piazza for the nice views! It was a resting workshop, followed by some more crazy Italian driving in our way to the Val di Mello climbing region... We again though we gonna die a few times... No wonder that Italy is the country with the highest number of Car accidents and fatalities in Europe!