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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 →

San Francisco Last night we went to Francis Ford Coppola’s restaurant but the service was so bad that we left without ordering.  It turned out to be fortuitous as it led us to a tiny Italian restaurant with ten seats, … Continue reading →

San Francisco Best quote of the day, from a taxi driver, “That hotel used to be called The Holiday Inn Chinatown…then they changed the name to The Hilton Financial District and raised the prices.” Unfortunately, they didn’t do anything about the … Continue reading →

San Francisco I beg to differ with Roald Amundsen who said, “Adventure is just bad planning.”  This morning started with a very normal shower until I discovered that I was stuck in the bathroom.  The door, which slides on tracks, … Continue reading →

The hill that I made K walk up.  We are about half way up. San Francisco Today we had most of a day off so we decided to take the open top tour bus and see the city.  It was … Continue reading →