Bologna, Day 3

This was my presentation day. I was asked to speak early in the day. And then I had a few interviews with forklift bloggers. They all wanted to know about AI and the future of forklifts. I told them all that I was not qualified to speak about it for the company, but I can tell you that in my personal life I love how machine learning can transcribe documents.

My hosts took us out to lunch, which was nice. I had tortellini con brodo -- tortellini in broth. I had hoped to eat this at some point. It was delicious. Taut, meaty filling with nutmeg, bobbing around in broth. The son of our host wrote his selections on his hand. So excellent:

The talk went well, but was complicated. The man translating had a lot to work with. I paused occasionally to let him catch up. He thanked me later, telling me that he'd never had someone take care of him like that while translating. He's great at it, even though that's not what he really does for work. I made sure to praise him cause it was a LOT. There was a small gathering of people at the talk, and they asked lots of questions and were appreciative.

I had one more interview, and then back to the hotel. More nun-watching and packing. The hotel is on the outskirts of town, so I skipped dinner every night.

I love Italian Food Network and I love prunes, but this serving suggestion for prunes -- a prune and prawn skewer devoid of other flavors, is not a delightful thought.