Arun Gupta, Miles to go ...
Arun Gupta is a technology enthusiast, a passionate runner, and a community guy who works for Sun Microsystems.
Monday September 24, 2007
I attended and presented at NetBeans Day Rome earlier today. I sat down to write a detailed report but Dana Nourie (SDN Technical Writer) has already done a superb job summarizing the event. Instead of repeating the content I'd like to share some photos from the event showing how the developers were engaged all through out the day.
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The event started with approx 150 people and 75% of the them maintained all the way to the last session that finished at 7:00pm.
The jMaki demos shown at NetBeans Day can be recreated using the following entries:
The complete album is available at:
Technorati: conf suntechdays netbeansday netbeans jmaki
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Here is a complete itinerary of our day trip from Rome to Pisa:
| 8:00 am | Courtesy Shuttle from Melia Roma Hotel to Ottaviano Metro Station |
| 8:30 am | Arrive at Ottaviano Station (identified by red M in a white square) |
| 8:45 am | Metro Train from Ottaviano to Terminal Station (Stazione Termini) |
| 8:55am | Arrive at Terminal Station (Metro drops underground, go above the ground, purchase tickets from the counter, check the train number at Departure screens and Wait at the terminal) |
| 9:45am | Train departs to Pisa (Inter City Plus) |
| 12:57pm | Arrive at Pisa |
| 1:05pm | Out of the Station and Start walking towards the Tower of Pisa (Plan for 25 minutes walk, Take Via Francesco Crispi and Via Roma and there is no need to buy a city map :) |
| 1:30pm | Arrive at Leaning Tower of Pisa (La Torre). The entrance and climb up the tower is controlled and you can purchase tickets by the time slot. |
| 2:20pm | Start walking back to the Station |
| 2:45pm | Arrive at the Station (There is McDonalds at the station for a quick lunch or a better variety at Terminal Station) |
| 3:00pm | Buy the return tickets (A better option is to buy return tickets from the original destination or from the Station at Pisa before starting out to visit the monuments. This will ensure a confirmed seat because the station stops selling tickets few minutes before the scheduled departure.) |
| 3:45pm | Train departs to Rome |
| 7:30pm | Arrive at San Pietro Station |
| 7:55pm | Walk to Ottaviano Metro Station |
| 8:30pm | Bus from Metro Station to Hotel |
| 9:00pm | Arrive at the Hotel |
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the main attraction of this city. The streets were pretty deserted (may be because of Sunday) and it almost felt that the majority of people moving around were tourists. You can always spend extra time in the city or at the festive environment around the monuments. This allows you to take the 5:00pm Inter City Plus to reach back Rome around 8:15pm. As always, it's recommended to check the train schedule at Trenitalia.com.
And here is the photo album:
All my travel tips to Europe are aggregated here.
Technorati: traveltips rome pisa
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