Rome’08

I finally was accepted to La Sapienza’s SEAI‘08, to be held from May 25th. to June 25th in Rome (Italy). This is something really cool because, though it might feel like really boring (it actually is if one’s not interested in the topic), it has three nice points:

1. First and most important, it was the best excuse to spend one month in the italian capital, a city where I still keep very good friends fom Sweden and where I’ve been a couple of times but never really get to know well. I hope by late june I can’t stand for the latter
2. Second, the stuff I’m gonna learn is really important for my PhD. and not that easy to pick up at my department, since there’s no one working on it, so you need to read by yourself (as I’ve been doing all over this year).
3. Last and by far the least important, there’s also something to do with my little honour: when I applied in winter, we were all required to send some more info about our academic background and perspectives in order to make a little bit of selection, as there were only 30 vacancies and 100 applications. I wasn’t accepted. Instead, I received the typical “you are on a list, just un case someone fails, we’ll take you into account, next year…”. I never thought that was gonna be true: a couple of months later I received another mail from the guy at La Sapienza saying I could go. Yeah!

So, once I was in, it started the process of looking for a place to stay. Not that easy, provided I was in Spain and had no idea of how to look for an appartment there. Luckily, I found two partners attending the SEAI as well and in something like a week we were done (the process of looking for it was kind of funny as they both live in the States right now and me in Spain). So if anyone is thinking of coming around Rome next June and feels like sharing a coffee (capuccino, of course), just let me know

Week in the Pyrenees

I´ve been accepted to go to the International University Menéndez Pelayo´s Course “El análisis de las economías regionales” taking place in Formigal from Sept. 17th. to 21st, and they will finance me the whole week up there, lodging in a 5 stars hotel and food included Though it might seem something big it is not the case at all, I just sent a couple of application sheets and I am in. These guys really have a lot of money and are interested in supporting this kind of eventes, that´s why they such grants. To me, this is like the end of the summer, but since I´ve already started getting back on track at the uni and engaging in all the stuff coming out next year (french courses, english sessions, La Katxarraka…), it´ll be feel much better than if it was just one more week on holidays before starting seriously. Pictures and feelings soon right here!

 

Me han dado una beca para ir al curso de la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo “El análisis de las economías regionales” que tendrá lugar en Formigal durante la semana del 17 al 21 de septiembre y eso supone que me pagarán el hotel (cinco estrellas) y la comida por toda esa semana Aunque puede parecer que sea gran cosa, no lo es, simplemente estos tipos tienen mucha pasta y quieren promocionarlo, por ello dan semejantes becas. Para mi, esto es como el final de las vacaciones pero, puesto que ya he empezado con el nuevo año en la uni y a meterme en todas las cosas para el año que viene (francés, clases de conversación en inglés, La Katxarraka…), estará mucho mejor que si simplemente fuera una semana más al final de las vacaciones. ¡Fotos y más pronto aquí!