Fun day - went uber-touristy in Sydney and enjoyed Monorail mania! We have such limited time to explore together, we decided to do just one thing today, and do it well; so we got day tickets to Sydney's Monorail, and enjoyed visiting those seven stops thoroughly.
Sadly I have a migraine-like headache and nausea, so cut short my exploring in favour of a short nap before attending the opening session of the Philosophies of Travel conference, which is the reason we're here. Pete continued looking around our locality - but I suspect that, with much of the next two days to himself, he'll be spreading his Sydney wings further afield!
Have already met some really lovely and fascinating people at the conference, and am looking forward very much to conversations and shared ideas over the next few days.
Right now, have taken a couple of sleeping tablets and am trusting that a very early night's sleep will allow my body to cure itself.
(Please, please, please cure yourself, body ...)
Who or what is a Philosophies of Travel Conference about? How does it fit into you life? Hope you are able to enjoy it today, Catie.
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A huge amount of ground was covered at the conference - ha ha! There were papers presented ranging on many aspects of things relating to travel and its meaning; for example, quite a bit of discussion about what a pilgrimage is and how people have experienced them, to considerations of cruise ship travel, to reflecting on the Edinburgh Review's treatment of China in the 17th and 18th centuries and comparing that to the way Islam is presented in the West today. I thought the conference would be an interesting place to present my latest musings on Mark, and it proved so.
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