Microsoft Redmond

Na twee leuke dagen in Seattle Downtown vertrokken we vandaag naar Seattle North (Everett).
Het weer is volledig omgedraaid en het is volop zonnig!

We hebben ook weer een supermarkt ontdekt waar ze goede broodjes EN heerlijke muffins verkopen, de Safeway. Dus als we niet in een restaurant lunchen, stoppen we even bij een Safeway en …

... this: Me:  "We are going to Redmond to visit my brother's family"; Border Guard: "Ah, Redmond...does your brother work at Microsoft?"; Me (proudly): "Yes, he's an executive there"; Border Guard (while noting our Canadian passports): ...

... . Traveling by car is a great fun in America as there are many places where you won't be able to get by bus. Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft. Young, vibrant, very green and clean town has got a lot to offer. For us it was the place to ...

... car loaded and ready to go a few hours before my lease expired. Rolled out of Jefferson Marymoor, drove past Microsoft, and grabbed a last dinner at Jersey Mike's. It was a nice drive that evening with the sun setting behind ...

 After over 15 years of purposeful avoidance, I finally visited the Microsoft campus, and the evil empire was.... quiet and empty, but ...

Getting excited about the trip. Mainly traveling for business and will be working at the Microsoft Office in Shanghai while there.  But the weekend traveling will be fun and hopefully I get to see many of the great sites of China while I am ...

Seattle is very much a company town. Boeing Microsoft Amazon In fact where I am staying with friends is very much in Microsoft country in Redmond where there are housing estates, etc that are located amongst the offices. That is not to say it is much ...

... things aren't aren't what I expect, we can split up and do the individual traveling thing. Either way, going somewhere where the word "Microsoft" doesn't come up will be a great relief. I hope to one day get so fed up with work and the running through ...