My conference started today, so this morning after a massive hotel provided breakfast buffet, I set out on the half hour walk to the venue. The conference is located on the Isla de Cartuja. An interesting thing about Cartuja: its the site of an Olympic Stadium for the Seville Olympic Games . . . which you've never heard of because they never occurred. I guess building a stadium seemed like a good way to attract the Olympics, but then their Olympic bids failed in 2004 and 2008 and apparently the stadium has gotten hardly any use: A UEFA Cup Final, four international friendlies, and a handful of big concerts. Just below the stadium is the proposed site of the Olympic village which has since been converted into a science and technology park. It also had hosted a world's fair in 1992. This makes for a weird mix of science-themed street names, Expo-style art exhibitions, and custom manhole covers. In any case one of the science park buildings was hosting the conference, so these elements all add up to an interesting morning walk . . . feels kinda like a science theme-park.
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| Spanish EPCOT? |
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| Shade art of some sort? |
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And the manhole covers . . . they were
everywhere. (not always upside down). |
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| Yes, they have their own rocket. |
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