Comfort Inn Hayward

... route possible, winding up and down the hills on the other side of the bay from San Francisco and took 45 minutes. It then dropped us off miles away from where we parked the car and with little sense of direction; we started walking again to find it. After about 20 minutes I suggested Ben use his iPhone to locate us and directions of where we needed to be. Thankfully we were on the right course and were not that far away. The drive back over the Golden ...

... some good conversation with the bar girl and a couple of locals who gave us some clues as to what to do over the next few days. Our first impressions of San Fran were that we loved it! The people were friendly, the architecture was funky, the city was very walkable despite the hills and generally had a great vibe! How to spend Sunday in San Francisco? Well we started at a little crepe café called Honey Honey, which had a line out to the street, before ...

Yep, another week gone, I arrived back into SF on Monday and since then the week has just flown by. Mostly I have taken the time to actually relax. Less playing tourist, more getting some much needed and much missed rest. Staying with Bill has helped with the rest side of things... his apartment is quiet & sleep-in friendly. I've spent a lot of time just pottering around. Walking in the Golden Gate park, wandering down the ...

... mom drives me back to work. Work some more, try not to pass out at my desk. Try to flake on MP and AK - they weren't having any of that - I was very plainly told no flaking was allowed. Saying good-bye to co-workers I liked was harder than I imagined. So, I kinda snuck out. The send off was fabulous. Full of ****-talking, good advice, and fun. Look out world. Here I come.

... started tonight, and so far, I've made friends with Monika with Discovery Channel in Warsaw, Poland, and Jane, who lives in San Francisco. Monika and I bonded over our sunburned hair parts since we both got in this past weekend and got more sun than we bargained for. There are only 27 conference attendees from across the country, so it should be fun getting to know everyone.

The Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers are gearing up for another fantastic Pueri Cantores tour. This year, the event will take place in our nations Capital. Visit us often to see what we are doing! And don't forget to check out our website www.ggbc.org

Up round 8.30 I said bye to KJJ and thanked her profusely for having me. I managed to squish everything in my bag and caught the tube out to Heathrow and played the waiting game. I didnt have a window seat for my first leg to San Fran but ended up catching up on a few movies....

... too! I've narrowed the options between OneWorld Explorer and Global Explorer I think. This is going to be a decision that is the backbone of my trip, so I'm doing extra homework. (More info on the tickets: http://wikitravel.org/en/Round_the_worl d_flights).

... with garlic bread and salad here at the Green Tortoise Hostel. Not explored much yet, got to be gentle with the legs and the streets really are very steep. So maybe today I might get a bus and cable car all day ticket and explore that way. Then perhaps hire a bike and cross the Golden ...

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"Caltech": Richard 5 1 45, Maribeth 2 0 20, Greg 0 1 -5, Juliana 5 0 50
Oregon: Sean 3 0 30, Philip 4 0 40, Amy 0 0 0
Bonuses: "Caltech" 12 245 20.42, Oregon 7 135 19.29

Berkeley B 320, Stanford B 35
Berkeley B: Chris 2 1 15, Martha 4 0 40, Lev 3 1 25, Paul 3 0 30
Stanford B: Joel 1 1 5, Troy 1 2 0, Adam 1 0 10, Shreeram 0 0 0
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