I'm back from my short trip to Holland. We left Roma Ciampino on the 25th, toured some of the major central cities of the Netherlands and flew back from Eindhoven on March 5th.
We had fun and visited a lot of very nice cities: from the incredibly modern Rotterdam, to the smaller towns and finally the bustling Amsterdam. A summary of the tour and some photos follow... 
A couple of days ago I came back home from my trip to Turkey (and to the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany): the journey was fun and we went through a lot of astonishingly beautiful places! I literally shot a ton of pictures, the best of which were uploaded on the site.
I strongly suggest you consider Turkey for your next vacation: absolutely gorgeous! 
I'm currently leaving for a couple of weeks holidays in Turkey (the country, not the bird) with a couple of friends. We'll be touring Istanbul at first, then Cappadocia and Izmir (and surroundings).
On the 21st I'll be joining Sakkio (of the italian "Gothic" videogame community) at the european Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.
I'll take tons of pictures and hopefully post something... sometimes. See you soon!
I have been unable to update the website regularly in the past weeks because I'm currently very busy with exams at the University. I passed two (and a half) exams really well and am now working at the last ones. (more...)
Yesterday I got back from my trip to Ireland and, as you can imagine, I'm quite tired ... Federico, Alessandro and I visited some really awesome places there and had a great time. We are still gathering all the pictures we shot (should be around 700 in total), but I started uploading mine on the website. (more...)
Thursday morning: after breakfast I'm packing my bags and preparing for the trip back to Italy. I manage to attend to part of the talks during the rest of the morning. Then after lunch I'm leaving.
The first flight starts quite well, but over the baltic sea and germany the very strong wind makes the airplane shake and groan... We arrive at Milan Malpensa with half an hour delay because of the bad weather. I collect my luggage as fast as I can and hurry to the check-in in order to get on the plane to Perugia, only to discover that the flight has been cancelled! 
Now, that was the "italian experience" I was waiting for.
All the passengers from the cancelled flights are rerouted to Rome (on an already delayed flight). While we wait, the flight's departure time is delayed again to 10:30 (some people were waiting since 7 o'clock and start getting really upset, shouting and yelling at the poor desk girl at the gate...). I and other 30 people headed to Perugia arrive at Rome at 11. Some of the baggage has been lost on the way (what else could we expect? I have all my stuff fortunately) and we get delayed further while the unlucky ones fill their forms. At 1:30 a bus takes us from the airport of Rome to Perugia. At 5 o'clock I'm home again...
It's been two intense and exhausting days here at WoWMoM: every day there are lots of talks and presentations, but I usually start having a hard time keeping my eyes open after a couple of them... (more...)
The day starts at 6 o'clock after a relaxing night (even if the sun doesn't really set at all, at this latitude). At 8 I'm in front of the Takka room (where the "Theory meets practice" workshop is held) in the Dipoli building. After four other talks, it's my turn and I manage to do quite well, I don't get stuck and the topic seems to raise interest and to be quite accepted.
I'm relieved! (more...)
As said, I'm trying to keep track of my trip at the WoWMoM 2007 conference in Helsinki... and here goes day one! (more...)
Next week I'm flying to Helsinki (Finland) to attend the IEEE WOWMoM 07 symposium: sounds very cool. I'll stay there for four days, from the 17th to the 21st June.
I will also deliver a talk about "Energetically Sustainable Routing Algorithms for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks" (big sounding title, I know) at the "Theory meets Practice" workshop.
I'll try to post something every day on the website, so stay tuned for updates (or get the RSS feed).
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