The Asian Winter School so far

I am attending the 4th Asian Winter School on strings, particles and fields. So far its really great from both academic and non-academic point of view. The location (Mahableshwar) is really cool, the hotel we are staying as well as the food are superb. The lecturers are also great. Andrew Strominger (Harvard U.) has given four lectures on string theory and black holes (Kerr-CFT correspondence to be precise), Antoniadis (CERN) talked about string theory and experimental signatures, Harman Verlinde (Princeton U) is giving a set of lectures on string phenomenology (solving Hiererchy problem, AdS-CFT, F-theory model building etc), Liam McAllister (Cornell U.) has given four lectures on inflationary cosmology and tomorrow he will probably address the issue of inflation within the framework of string theory, Kenneth Intriligator (UCSD) is giving lectures on susy breaking. There are couple of more interesting courses coming up. Although some lectures are too technical for someone like me who has very limited string theory background, but overall my experiences have been good. The organizers are leaving a free slot almost everyday from 3 pm to 6 30 pm for hiking around Mahabaleshwar. Its really fun. Hope the coming days will be even more fun filled. Will keep updated!!