written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-11-10
This trip & conference was a productive one! I'm glad I went for it and didn't have to miss out on much (even though WebJet/Turkish Airlines (still can't sort out which) messed up my initial flight booking big-time).
My biggest takeaways from IMED 2016 are as follows:
And then there's Vienna. Oh Vienna, what a beautiful old city you are. (Your donairs are awesome, btw.) I took 2 "tourist days" to walk around the city, and get a feel for it.
I got to do some more iPhone photography, which was a nice change of pace. After finding my way to the Danube, I walked back and took the train to the Vienna city centre. The photos I took were mostly of the architecture, the parks, and activity there. Naturally, I couldn't resist touching up the photos on my computer. Here's an album of my favourites.
I noticed that the public transit is amazingly advanced. Amazing, all round.
That evening, though, was when I felt the stomach bug rumbling, and I realized I had food poisoning. I'm not sure where I got it, though, as it seemed too soon after trying out Schnitzel for the first time; I thought it might have been my body reacting to an overly-oily dinner.
As such, I spent the second day stroking the cat and catching up on YouTube videos and eBook reading and sleeping in bed. The donair from a store nearby made for a good breakfast though!
That marks the end of a really fun trip to Vienna. Hope to visit again! And I hope to see the others I met at IMED again!
@article{
ericmjl-2016-vienna-reflections,
author = {Eric J. Ma},
title = {Vienna & IMED 2016 Reflections},
year = {2016},
month = {11},
day = {10},
howpublished = {\url{https://ericmjl.github.io}},
journal = {Eric J. Ma's Blog},
url = {https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2016/11/10/vienna-and-imed-2016-reflections},
}
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