A conference with a view

View from Hotel Croatia terrace

So one of the reasons for (the particular timing of) my trip to Europe was to present a poster at ESEC/FSE 2007; which took place in Cavtat, Croatia. Situated close to Dubrovnik on the Adriatic Sea, Cavtat is a picturesque little seaside town; and our hotel — Hotel Croatia — might have the nicest views of the surrounding areas.

Sadly, I made poor use of my time in Croatia, mostly working on a paper submission for SIGCSE that I didn’t even get finished in time. I snapped the images for this panorama from the terrace of the hotel; we pretty much had this backdrop for the entire conference. I wasn’t always as focussed on the technical content as I might have been…