Zaragoza

Basilica Del Pilar Sep 29th 2009, a Tuesday morning, taken from the square facing west

Last week, on Tuesday, I met the Chief Technology Officier of the city of Zaragoza, Spain.

A remarkable man. Political well connected, with great influence, having a clear vision for his community, taking innovation and technology as fundamental drivers for change. Very bold. Absolutely inspiring. And pretty exciting.

Also met the program leader for a community-wide broadband network, The Digital Mile. A bright young guy.

After the meeting we had lunch with typical food (lamb with patatos 'al forno') and wine from the region. Really outstanding, in particular the wine, with the Granache grape. Full of flower and fruit flavours. Exquisite. Paul Canales and Augstin Villa, my dear Cisco colleagues, were perfect hosts.

Basilica Del Pilar Sep 29th 2009, a Tuesday morning, taken from the square facing east

Basilica Del Pilar Sep 29th 2009, a Tuesday morning, taken from the square facing north

Links: City of Zaragoza, Wikipedia

Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar and the Ebro River Source: Wikipedia