Second week.

So far I have been trying to go swimming in the pool here a bit everyday. It's kinda nice to try and relax floating in the water.
Here is two pictures of the pool area at the place I am staying.







Last wednesday I met up for coffee with Uta, who stayed next door to me for a year in highschool when she was an exchange student in Portage la Prairie. She was visiting her sister in San Carlos. Here is a picture of us at the Red Rock Coffee Co.




The wireless internet here continues to be slow and unreliable. I think that it is mainly an issue of not enough bandwidth for the number of people trying to use is. I was considering going downtown to see if I can get a better connection from the wifi there.

San Francisco

Yesterday I took the CalTrail in to San Francisco to wander around and see what was to be seen.
I didn't see the whole city, but plan to return on other weekends.


Mostly I explored around Chinatown, which was pretty cool.



Lots of random shops filled with stuff. The bulk spice/herbal medicine shops where kinda strange and smelled weird, though. I bought a rough silk scarf for Bonnie, and some "silver" coins. They say 1 Troy ounce Silver .999, but are really just solder plated bronze.
I did see a shop that sold authentic "Wisconsin Ginseng". I though that was odd.



Later I climbed Telegraph Hill, and saw a fog-covered Golden Gate Bridge.



Also, I called up Bonnie who told me from the internet that Telegraph Hill is home to some feral parrots. I managed to get a couple of blurry photos of, though they may have been mating at the time...


On my way back to the train station, I saw a street light banner that was advertising that the art museum here has some Impressionist pieces on loan from the Mus ée D'Orsay!!! I will certainly be going back to check that out on future weekends.

Also, a mini TARDIS.

New Adventure

I have a new traveling adventure. This summer I will be working at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View California.
I just got in yesterday, and haven't been to the base yet, but here are some pictures of where they are putting me up.

Here is the Kitchen;


The Living Room;


And the view outside the Balcony;

Back from Orlando.

I'm back from my conference in Orlando.
I arrived there already a bit tired from adventures, so I was a little less inclined on going out and doing things than the rest of the crew,
The conference was good, though, and I gave my presentation.
I'll have some pictures up as soon as I find the USB cable for my camera.

Finally I'll now have a chance to be at home for a bit.