oktoberfest?

[jay]

I'm home now... crowded flights, grabbed an actual bagel (I'm not a fan of most bagels) from a sidewalk vendor outside of Penn Station, had a good lunch with Nancy en route. Her mother's been in the hospital for 10 days, Nancy's been very stressed... but her mom has improved and relief was evident. =)

I'm a bit tired, and not feeling sociable. And I've missed Pat and want to just stay close to her and cuddle.

Which could be possible in a different country in September... an email today from ESA: ... pleased to inform you that your submission, entitled "Drilling Automation for Subsurface Planetary Exploration" , to the 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space has been accepted for oral presentation. It's in Munich, 5-8 September. patgreene wants to join me there, if we can find childcare then. yay!

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[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I hope you she can go with you, that would be cool. I missed an opportunity to go to Munich for $FormerEmployer a couple of years ago thanks to the project I got sucked into that kept dragging me out to Mountain View. :-) Munich kept getting put off and then I took the layoff.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Great! Isn't Oktoberfest at the end of September?

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

yay! Congratulations. And I'm happy to help with kid-care.

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Last week of September, first week of October were the dates when I was living in Munich.

Of course there's always good beer around!

Where abouts is the actual meeting?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I don't know... I'd heard vaguely that it was mostly in September rather than October, but how early...?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Pat and I have been to Munich together, once... long enough to eat lunch in a city plaza and drink some beer before continuing onward in our "see all of Bavaria in one day" tour (1000km in one day, driving a rented BMW 740 over 220 kph to try to cram the major sights in one weekend day ;)...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I may very well ask you and/or Nancy and/or Julie, since given my dad's illness and Pat's mom's age, grandparental coverage is out. And I know that you'll be there that week for J&A's wedding...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

It's at the "Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft", which I assume means something like "Bavarian Industrial Conference Centre"...

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

yup...and while Sarah would be happy to help, its not really an option.

We can make this happen...but if nancy comes in town, can I take her to the wedding as my date????

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

No idea where that is in Munich, I'm afraid. Do they provide any addresses?