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San Jose Slideshow
Travel Blogs from San Jose, United States
Thanksgiving, Be Sure to Wear Flowers in your Hair
... 39 seals- man they are loud! Afterward we went to Lombard St, the most crooked street in the world, before heading home to San Jose for the night. The next day was packing day with bagels for breakfast (have I talked about how amazing the Bagels in ...
The Conclusion: Part 1 of 2 - TIA/The Ingredients
T.I.A. On the first night we arrived at the volunteer home in Dar es Salaam, Blair and I, both new volunteers, met the current ones. After light conversations of whos, hows, and whys, we asked them about our orientation the next day. ...
The Conclusion: Part 2 of 2 - Black is Beautiful
Black is Beautiful We don't belong here, I think to myself. Just like in 'Nam and now Baghdad, we don't belong here. Some people come to Africa to see ...
Old Haunts
... my pictures! I had pictures but yet again, they were all deleted in the sad Computer Virus of October 2009. We flew to San Jose. We rented a car, stopped at In 'n Out, then drove to Fumi, Becca and Maria's house. In the morning ...
And we're off
... on free tickets is great, but two stops to get to Costa Rica seems like alot of stops. We parked our car at the Raddison Hotel in San Jose. It was cheaper to park at the hotel than any other place. We also had a place to stay for a couple of ...
WHY AND HOW, and misc advice for other travelers
For some reading this blog, especially some of our new friends around the world ...you may be asking various questions that begin with "WHY" and "HOW". Well, in short, Keith and I took the opportunity to embark upon our journey now while we are ...
Day 3: the mission, Santa Cruz, redwoods and SJ
... general idea of how massive they are, and the trail was quiet. It's only 20 minutes from Santa Cruz, and an easy drive to San Jose, our destination for the day. We had already seen the Doubletree at the airport when we were leaving the rental car place so ...
Day 4: the conference
Pat went with me to help me find my room and be sure I had my overhead and CD player. He also hung around to take a few pics. Everything was fine. This conference was poorly attended. I think people like more exotic ...
San Pedro & Jose – Strand & Kino
... Örtchen gefunden und dort noch ein bisschen von den Strapazen des Tages erholt. Ständig dieser Stress. Nachmittags dann nach San Jose gefahren – Gaby durfte das erste Mal in ihrem Leben ins Autokino! War ganz aufgeregt. Autokino-Abenteuer fangen ...
Update on the Beard
Many people have been asking for an update on the beard, so I figured, I would make another post with a final photo. Here you ...
San Jose
To give you some idea of the competition between Australia and NZ is a children's t-shirt I spotted which said: "When I grew up my dad says I can do anything I want... except play for Australia." Anyway, I'm on my way back, but it was a pain in the ...
As i mentioned in my last post i was off to ...
As I mentioned in my last post, I was off to an NFL game between the Oakland Raiders (one of two local teams, the other being the San Fran 49rs) and the New England Patriots. Well, the game kicked off at 5:30, so we left home about 2:30. It took us an ...
Meeting up with Lucy
On our last day in San Francisco, my friend Lucy (who i met at University) came to pick us up. We then drove along Route 1 to take in some of the sights, we stopped off at a wee pub which is famous for its views of the sunset, we sat there with a blanket ...
To start i'd like to tell you that i've ...
To start, I'd like to tell you that I've uploaded my pictures, you'll find them in the first entry of each location where I took them. There's also a little bit of text to let you know about the photo. Sacramento. We visited it this weekend, and, ...
Suzy and Jonathan's Wedding!!!
... on Haight Street. then we surprised her with a manicure and pedicure. It was a lot of fun! After we were back in San Jose we did the last preparations for the wedding. On friday there was a really cool rehearsal dinner next door at their neighbor's ...
A rough start
Well it was a bit of a rough start and we almost didn´t make it out. Our flight scheduled to leave San Jose at 10pm was delayed until 2am. We all boarded around 2:15AM and sat on the plane for a half hour before the pilot announced, that due ...
Pics - at last
I've added some pictures to the NZ pages, not many as I didn't have the others developed on to CD, which is a good thing, as they did a crap job (the colours are nothing like the photos). I'll scan some more myself when I get back home. Something I ...
Siena Bistro - Bros Resturant
Met Paul at Davids resturant. My first meal there was a treat. I recommend the cheesy bread, beet salad and mushroom chicken tortelini! We ate on the patio. Nice ...
Audio tech and rigging
... -hero yesterday with a bit of crushed red velvet becoming a cape and boots and a black waistband. :) And I still managed to sneak in a great run with Richie and Ryan. Weather here in San Jose - crisp, fall evening glory! lots o' love ...
I am home!
I had two stopovers on the way to San Francisco. They were in Singapore for 2 hours and Seoul for 1 hour. I spent time walking in the airport and at the lounge, where I enjoyed free chair massages. It felt good. I also stocked up on mint supplies. At ...
The Burbs.
... Barb's place in the suburbs of San Jose which we had a bit of trouble finding. When Aunty Barb's husband Mal originally moved to San Jose the population was around 50,000 and the area where they live now was all orchards. The population of San Jose is ...
For those of you who haven't guessed i'm ...
For those of you who haven't guessed, I'm currently in San Jose with the parents, so expect the travel logs to be less regular. I do have some stuff to report though - for starters I have had my pictures developed. Unfortunately my camera was ...
Mitzy, Betsy and Dolores take on Big Sur...and win
... more Wales and then when you least expect it, BAMB! Yorkshire moors. The route we covered was about 350 miles from LA to San Jose (which I can say I know the way to) and we took out time. Most cover this journey in 3 days. Leaving LA ...
Getting the Rocks Ready in the Lab
Jonathan, my husband (it is acutally his research sabbatical and I get to help him!!) is working hard to get his samples ready for making thin sections, which is what you call microscope slides that have a very thin layer of rock on them. You can ...
Let the Journey Begin!!
Im currently preparing to study abroad with Semester at Sea. http://www.semesteratsea.org/voyages/upcoming-voyages/fall-2010.php Follow my voyage on my travelpod ...
San Jose, CA here we come!
... ...the Walmart Tire Dept. We hit the road around noon and Chris headed north with the RV to Pacifica and the boys and I drove to San Jose for a fieldtrip to The Tech Industry Museum. On the way, Keegan, Collin, and I made a stop off 101 N. ...
Day Trip out to San Jose
... a lot of catching up to do as he drove back to his house in San Jose then we went to this little restaurant just out of San Jose which was very nice then we went to a computer store looked at cheap computers then returned to his house and met his mum and ...
Well we've been pottering about this week ...
Well, we've been pottering about this week, building up to the big event last Friday. I am, of course, talking about our trip to see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (HP CoS. Now both Abbey (little sis) and I big HP fans, so mum booked up ...