views and food and pressies

Views from inside the Houses of Parliament courtyard and from inside the conference venue

asparagus and artichoke starter, chicken and tarte tatin - I picked the menu not knowing that I would have to attend this meeting... otherwise I would have never picked chicken!!! Working dinner also turned out to be a bit of  a boring affair, ending on a slightly depressing note - as controversial as it gets in this country, I guess

And finally pressie time: a bottle of white from one of our suppliers, pistachios (again) from our Iranian delegate, a cool donkey from one of the exhibitors and a super sweet thank you card; and I forgot to take a picture of the impressive Christmas cake I got sent to the office