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A river runs through it [jatp]
Posted in Books, Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags dusk, evening light, hiking trail, jatp, JSM 2024, Mount Hood, Norman MacLean, Oeeg, open water swimming, Oregon, Pacific North West, Portland, salmon, Salmon River, Spanish moss, sunset, USA, Welches on August 21, 2024 by xi'an
sole della libertà [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Bayesian conference, dawn, Fusion 2024, ISBA 2024, Italia, jatp, laguna, Ponte della Libertà, red shift, sunset, train, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venezia, Venice on July 26, 2024 by xi'an
ritorno sereno in Serenissima
Posted in pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags #ERCSyG, Bayes World meeting, ERC, federated learning, ISBA 2024, Italy, Ocean, privacy, retreat, San Giobbe, satellite meetings, sunset, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venezia, Venice on June 29, 2024 by xi'an
St Kilda beach [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Australia, jatp, Melbourne, Pacific Ocean, palm trees, sea, St Kilda, sunset on November 30, 2023 by xi'an
a journal of the twice Caribean year
Posted in Books, Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags BD, book review, books, Caribean sea, Cayenne, COVID-19, Daniel Defoe, fishing, Fort-de-France, Guyane, jatp, Journal of the Plague Year, marlin, Marseille, Martinique, Montagne Pelée, Rivers of London, rum, Russian invasion, sunset, Ukraine, Wisconsin, yellowfin tuna on November 24, 2023 by xi'an
Read the second volume of Aliette de Bodard’s series, The House of Binding Thorns, during the Martinique trip, which proved kind of a chore, disappointingly… Visited a nice bookstore in Fort-de-France, Kazabul, which was originally twinned with La Cas’A Bulles in Cayenne that I also visited when our daughter was residing there. But did not buy any new book or local vegetables to carry home since we were bringing back some of her gear for her imminent move to Marseille for a year or so. I also read Winter’s Gift, a Rivers of London novella by Ben Aaronovitch set in… Wisconsin, with a great central character but a poor supernatural challenge and ice-thin scenario. 
Had a daily run around Fort-de-France without really training since the topography is just too steep for that. And a few swimming bouts in a Caribbean sea way too hot at 32⁰ to be enjoyable. Plus a catamaran excursion to the north of the island, where after missing a substantial marlin the skipper fished a yellowfin tuna that we turned into sashimi on the spot. Apart from this unique moment, and a sample of poulet boucanné from a road stall, I mostly ate local fruits, primarily bananas of various kinds. And did not sample any of the local rums despite a few visits to distilleries…
