Monthly Archives: August 2015

Cape Town I’ve spent the past two days watching the progress of the men across the street painting a building.  The building is finished in something that looks like stucco. It’s three storeys high, and is quite long…it has at … Continue reading →

Cape Town So I’m on my way to the conference centre this morning, strolling along at leisurely pace and enjoying the sunshine…and I’m not thinking about much. I’m keeping an eye out for anyone who might be a threat or … Continue reading →

Cape Town It really was a brilliant sunny day today, although the top of Table Mountain never emerged from it’s fluffy topping. I’ve seen pictures of   the top of it, but I’ve never actually seen the top…it’s quite odd … Continue reading →

This one is way out of order…I just realized that I had forgotten to post it on my last day in SF. San Francisco Our last day before heading for home.  We just had time for a cable car ride … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning to discover that it wasn’t raining!  This meant that I could walk to they conference centre and offset some of the breakfast that I have been eating.  Encouraged, I set off without my umbrella, only … Continue reading →

Woke up to 13 degree, windy and raining.  My good intentions to walk the 20 minutes to catch the bus went out the window, and I used $4 of the university’s money to take a taxi. It’s hard to believe … Continue reading →

After a lazy morning, I went to my first session.  It is a two day pre-conference organized by the committee that I belong to, so it was a gentle start to the conference, since I already knew most of the … Continue reading →

Cape Town As we were sitting in the plane in Edmonton, the pilot announced that the “computer was saying something funny” and that we weren’t going to take off until it was cleared up.  Unfortunately, this led me to imagine … Continue reading →