The sun sets on a field of Roman metropolis, the first day of the workshop is over. The roof of our hotel had a terrace and a simple bar. We never stayed for drinks, just pictures.

Gardens and duct work in the "upper canopy" of Rome. This is all I want in life, a little rooftop garden bathed in the glow of the sunset, the city spread out below, and shiny pipes by which my home is filled with happiness (mostly in the form

Rome has a good mess of wires up on these roofs, but it's no Lebanon

Jeremy photographs the sunset from our hotel roof. His camera is smaller than mine, but that doesn't make him less of a person (or so we tell him).

Jeremy surveys the ruins near Roma Termini, the main train station, which is just one block from our hotel.

Coffee break, the all important time when real physics gets done.

Coffee breakers "enjoy" the sunny terrace. The fiery orb in the sky may be my sworn enemy, but nevertheless I tried to step outside now and again just to liven myself up and maybe shake my fist at that photon spitting devil.

I apologize to Connie for catching her with such an odd expression on her face. I apologize to everyone for not catching any expression on Jodie's face.

Coffee break chit-chat. Don't worry, any one can fit in, just mumble something about parton density functions and cross section systematics and then make a break for more coffee and cookies.

People huddle in the corner desperate to get just a tiny bit of the precious power, which was in embarrassingly short supply. (Good grief, even mathematicians would need more outlets than we had available [to power their pencil sharpners]!) Thankfully I

Far from the maddening crowds around the coffee table, discussion goes on in the lecture hall between presentations.

Eduard and Jeremy revel in the simple pleasures of standing up, drinking things, and staring at me.

People chat and begin to find seats shortly before the B-tagging session.

The computing area just outside the lecture hall was good to have, especially if you wanted to get away and concentrate on some email or some such; but in this [url=http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000423045599/]portable computer world[/url] it's no subs

The talks are in full swing and well attended. Also, take this moment to enjoy the architectural attention given to this ceiling. That's duct work to make Roma proud!

Jeremy at his station working on some recording setup between sessions. The camera for recording the lecturers is in the foreground, behind is his laptop, and in front of him a system which captures and stores the audio, video, and slides in realtime. I

Coffee break on the terrace outside the Faculty building, in the background, where the workshop was held. To the right is a cafe. Except for the two women in front, I think everyone here is with the workshop.

Every last corner of Rome is scenic in it's way. It's no San Francisco or Lausanne, but Rome is respectably hilly in parts. Geographically, it sits in a large bowl through which a river cuts, much like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris]at least one