Another day, another hotel in another country. I barely had 36 hours at home after getting back from the GECCO conference in Lisbon, before leaving to travel to the Artificial Life conference in Sapporo, Japan. I thought long and hard about whether this was a sensible thing to do, but I really really wanted to go to ALife: it's one of my favourites, and it hasn't been held in person since 2019. So here I am, having arrived late last night, with a day off to recover from the 17 hours of flight (having to fly the long way keeping south to avoid flying over Russia; and with a change in Tokyo).
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| the hotel room, while about the same price as the one in Lisbon, is about a quarter the size |
A colleague and I decided to find where the conference venue was, ready for the start tomorrow. (This conference does not run over a weekend!) It's a short walk form the hotel to the campus, which has a museum and cafe. So we visited the museum too (and, obviously, the cafe).
This large mural tells the stories of some field trips to gather specimens. These people were clearly bonkers.
The mural had an English translation, as did several of the exhibits, but not all. So it wasn't often clear what the significance of some exhibits was. That just added to the interest.
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| only just fits! |
I'm looking forward to the conference starting tomorrow.
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