Perfect Presentation

[2007.10.09] How are you and david and emily? Is the Corolla fixed
yet? How is the BMW? I really miss you! We should find
some time to travel together in Europe for two months.

My talk in the morning went very well. I made the
story very interesting and they are very impressed.
Many people talked to me after my talk and told me my
work is very creative. First of all, it’s a big honor
to have an oral presentation. And not every speaker
can talk well. For example, the presenter before me
talked at least 5 minutes overtime. When it is my
turn, the timer rang exactly at the second I finished
my last word - that’s the last surprise I gave to the
audience (And of course it also surprised me).

This afternoon I visited Saint Chapelle and Notre
Dame. Again, it is stunning and breathtaking and I’m
speechless. I hope you can all see it with me. My
camera ran out of battery after I visited Saint
Chapelle, so I don’t have any picture for Notre Dame
and Musee d’Orsay that I visited at night. But it made
my view seeing more enjoyable. I can see through my
eyes, not through camera.

Near Notre Dame by the river, there is an area with
many many resteraunts lining along very narrow
streets, including some Chinese resteraunts, and many
people. The price is about 12+euro each entry. Chairs
and tables are outside and inside, which makes the
atmosphere very relaxing. The price on the menu has
already included tax and service fees, so there is no
additional charge when you pay the bill. But I didn’t
eat there because there is a big dinner waiting for me
at musee d’Orsay .

The conference reserved the entire musee d’Orsay for
the night from 7:30. We first visited the collections
in the museum. The most famous ones are Monet’s and
Vegou’s. The buiding itself is also quite a piece of
work - how can a railway station be made so beautiful?

After I finished seeing all the paintings, it is
alreay 9:30. The ‘big dinner’ waiting for me is
actually cocktail party: wine + finger foods. I took a
glass of red wine (I guess I should have one because
it is France). And the little finger foods are
delicious.

I got back with some Japanese students. At the hotel I
met Professor Luke Lee and he told me his wallet just
got stollen on the Metro! Be careful!

To be continued…

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