Jason Finley
I attended the 27th annual Cognitive Science Conference from July 20-23rd in Stresa, Italy. Stresa is a small town in northern Italy, outside of Milan. The conference was interesting, with talks and posters on a wide variety of topics. The talk I gave went well and I met fellow scientists from several different countries. The food was very good, bu the ice cream ("gelato") was the best. Here are some pictures from the trip.
Panorama of Lake Maggiore as seen from Stresa (click thumbnail for larger image):
A vertical panoramaof some crumbling stairs on the lakeshoreclick thumbnail for larger image):
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German covers for new Harry Potter book - Frankfurt airport. |
Hilarious exit signs! |
Check out the warning labels on these cigarettes. |
They still have Mars bars! |
Flying over the Alps from Germany to Italy |
The real Matterhorn!! |
I happened to spot the lake I was heading to out the window. |
Italian countryside/towns. |
In the town of Stresa - view from my hotel room. |
Narrow stone streets! |
Iso Bella - an island in the lake. |
Mysterious Italian seagull |
A narrow alley outside my hotel. |
House up on a hill. |
Some columns on the lakeshore |
An old and fascintating structure |
This was at the small animal park. |
Peacocks! |
A cockatiel in the zoo! |
Gardens at the park |
A message from The Grass |
Signs for the town of Stresa |
Time for a visit to one of the islands - Iso Bella! |
The garden end of the island. I went on a small boat with a few other conference attendees. |
Jason in front of the Borromeo Palace. Got my nametage from the conference on! |
A throne where the king sat on a visit here. |
The ceiling of the great hall. The palace was (mostly) constructed in the 1600s. |
There were a lot of extravagant decorations and interesting rooms, but I wasn't supposed to take any pictures! |
The basement levels were designed to look like undersea caverns. That's a bust of Alexander the Great. |
A view out a window of one of the other islands. |
The magnificent gardens. |
A view back toward Stresa. |
Jason at the garden's edge. |
Garden terraces. |
A german town seen from the plane. |
Iceland! |
The shadow of the plain's contrail seen from several thousand feet up. |
This is Greenlad. Breathtaking. The highllight of a 12 hour flight. |