This year I will attend a wedding in Indonesia, so I will skip the event in Dublin: I hope Bali will be a nice place to visit ;-)
Anyway I guess there will be many guys from the Italian Notes community.
After nearly one year since I attended ILUG2007, here are some snippets left in my memory and heart:
- nice and polite Irish people, beatiful and welcoming Dublin city
- good Guinness beer and warm Irish folk music
- drinking a glass of Jameson whiskey with Vincenzo, just before lunch (I felt dizzy)
- watch the soccer match between Milan and Liverpool teams: I thought Irish people would support the Italian team, not the English one ;-)
- interesting technical event and warm Notes community
- perfect event organization: a big thank to Paul Mooney, Eileen Fitzgerald, Tom Duff, Bill Buchan and all the others who helped organizing the event
- really good and available speakers from the worldwide Notes community
- a nice Dublin city and outdoor bus excursion , just the saturday after the event
- drinking Guinness during Rob Novak's session (Gregory Engels was the first guy to take a glass at the beginning of the session).
Btw, I was amazed when, during a chat, Rob Novak told me he knew my name from the Quickplace forum... I felt being part of the community ;-) - prizes I won during the event: one Ajax book, one mp3/video player. I even refused a prize because I was too lucky (I usually am not)
- talking to Mary Beth Raven, the R8 user interface lead designer, a very polite person
- hearing Bill Buchan's weird (funny) Scottish accent
- meeting the funny VoWe, although he made a joke about Paul Mooney's old Alfa Romeo Italian car, stating BMW cars are better ;-)
8 comments:
Personally, I'd choose Bali over hanging out with us geeks :-) What part of Bali will you be in? We enjoyed both Sanur and Ubud last year.
Ed, the funny thing is I really don't know! ;-)
First I will attend the wedding of my friend's sister, then my friend will be my guide to tour around Indonesia: Bali is a must-see location, everyone told me so...
Maybe it's time for me to buy and Indonesia book ;-)
Eh eh, Wove was wrong. Italian cars are better ;) (pun intended).
But you can understand I've the same car as Paul ;)
This not right. I'd never promote a BMW. Paul was going to get an Audi. That's a different story.
We like to say that you get Alfas for their good looks. There cannot be another reason. After all, they can't cook. :-)
@Volker:
You're right Volker, Alfa are very nice, although they cannot cook; BUT if you put an egg on the warm Alfa hood, maybe you will get a tasty German breakfast ;-)
(By the way, I was born in Germany!)
Och Cristian what a pity you can't make it to Ilug as well ;)
However it seems you are very likely to have a much nicer time in Indonesia.
Never fear! If there are any free pints this year I will ensure yours does not go to waste! Anyway there is always 2009 to look forward to.
Steve
PS Cars???? Give me a Ducati, Aprilla , Guzzi, MV Augusta
(oooooo the MV!!!) Honda, Kwak, Yam Triumph, Bavarian brick or god help me a Suzuki....over an car anyday.
@Steve:
You know what, since I tasted Guinness beer in Dublin, I do not dare to drink Guinness in Italy ;-)
About bikes, actually in live in Borgo Panigale (Bologna), home of the Ducati company: take a look here
;-)
@cristian
Never drink Guinness if it has traveled over salt water was a rule my grandfather taught me. It has been right apart from 2 countries, Kenya and Canada. Both of whom have Guinness that is drinkable.
I had a Ducati 916Sl for several years as my "scare myself silly" bike It was GREAT!. If you happen to have one fall off the back of a lorry outside your house as it leaves the factory, put it in your garage and let me know. I will be on the next plane over!
Steve
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