Monday, March 20, 2006

Beijing, China


Ana Paula in Beijing... whooda thunk? Pretty cool. In one day AP took over 230 photos, and that was just Forbidden City, Tianamen Square, and the antique shopping district. It was a long day for sure... 9am to 6pm on our feet the entire time. Today I'm in the office (found a 15 minute slot to post this) all day and AP is off on a day trip to the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall. We dumped all the photos to the PC last night, so she has plenty of space... she took some great photos yesterday, check back in a few days and we'll upload a bunch.

Monday, March 06, 2006

London Calling!!

Windsor castle. Sometimes the planners of these work meetings pick areas that are easy on the eyes... and as luck would have it, my work meetings in London this week are taking place at a hotel which is situated squarely in front of the famous Windsor Castle. I'm not exactly sure about the historic relevance of this place, except that I know the Queen of England spends most of her summers here. I also know from my morning walk from the hotel to the Starbucks where I'm sitting now, that it is a very big castle. Not that I've gathered much comparative data on castles in general, but it just seems big. This castle just goes on and on. Almost seems more like a walled city than a castle. Took a stroll thru the little village that is situated adjacent to the castle and there are all the typical english shops like Marks and Spencer, Boots Pharmacy, etc., the only problem is that with the exchange rate where it is, prices seems crazy. The latte I'm sipping here set me (Intel) back 2.68 pound, which is almost $5.00!! My 20 minute taxi ride (shorter than the sunset to SFO) was an insane 48 pounds, which is almost $100!