9 Oct 2007
ASPO 6. In Praise of… the last one…
My final installment of reflections on ASPO 6 in Cork is a very short one. Partly because you are all no doubt fed up of hearing about it by now, and secondly because it is actually very short. It was something I overheard on the coach on the way to the registration on the first evening. There were lots of delegates from China at the conference, many of whom were sitting behind me on the bus. A woman got on the bus and sat down next to two Chinese guys and said “you come from China?”, to which they both replied in the affirmative. After a short pause she asked “long trip?”.