Friday morning. Need moar coffeeeeee

OK, at this point I think I'm running out of steam. Since I've been here I don't think I've had more than about 6 consecutive hours of sleep. We spend alot of time out at various places (two nights ago after our banquet we discovered a bar next to the Castle with a nice view of over the cliff, for example). 

The fact that at 9AM we have yet to have coffee or any real kind of breakfast, combined with the lights being off, make for a very difficult time staying attentive. The last talks are going on now; the current presenter works on VERITAS out of University of Delware and just gave my research on a shout-out. 

This afternoon, there is no Science program; the bunch of us who have been spending time together (representative of at least 50% of the attendees) are going to take a cable car down to Trapani, the town/city at the base of the mountain, for the day. I[m not sure how I feel about staying late, though; I've got to pack my bags, do a bit of laundry, if possible, and finish getting ready for tomorrow.

My flight leaves Palermo around noon, landing in Paris CDG some 4 hours later or so. I've got to decide whether to taxi or public transit my way to the dorms I'm staying in; clearly, public transit will be cheaper, but I'm weary of public transiting with a big bag and my backpack. I'll have to think about this tonight, I guess. 

Tomorrow night I'm going to try and take it easy, maybe get some work done instead of go wandering around, because I've got a train to catch the following morning at 6:50 or so. I'm going on a D-Day tour and I really want to be well rested. At least that will be a change from the hardcoreness that was this week. I think I only made it to bed early (before 1AM!) one night....

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