i’ve only recently returned from erice, italy, from a summer school on nanophotonics. as kintaro would say “it was so educational”. it was also rather exhausting, but a lot of fun nonetheless. i’ve met some interesting people, both participants and lecturers.
erice is a small town in sicily at an altitude of 750m, overlooking the sea. the town is simply great; lots of narrow cobblestone streets angled at funny angles…a perfect setting for medieval larping (live action role-playing). there’s also a ruined castel at the outskirts of the town which started out as a temple to aphrodite and was later rebuilt as a late medieval castle. very nice place to hang out by night, after the poster session, with some good company and the obligatory cups of marsala wine.
well, in a nutshell, i had a great time. next stop: palmse, estonia, polymer micro-/nanofabrication summer school in september.
