Throw together english muffin with jelly to eat on way.
Travel in the dark and rain.
Arrive at portland jetport.
Total cost is $16 for taxi ride (versus $84 to park at airport).
Busy this morning, lots of flights.
Meet up with my coworker traveling with me.
Fly to new jersey on smaller plane.
Arrive in new jersey and remember being there last time.
Pick up OJ and bagel with jelly.
Flight is already boarding my seat, down the OJ and bring bagel in bag.
Fly to san francisco on larger 757 plane, more cramped than smaller plane, baby loud for half of flight.
Mostly sleep but also attempt to read my book "being geek" (quite good so far, will need rereads) and listen to some music/podcast. Also watched most of the captain america move without sound.
Snap a few pictures about midflight. Saw lots of mountains and even two planes that flew by below fast (small jet and larger)
Eat my bagel finally with some apple juice.
Plane descends to land, my right ear as always hurts and doesn't pop for a while.
Plane has a somewhat bumpy descent right before landing, baby crying loudly at same time not helping my nerves, got my heart pounding.
Finally on ground in san francisco early at 11:25 pst.
We take the air train to BART train/subway and then share a taxi to the hotel.
The taxi ride is insane, lots of horn honking, going through red lights/stop signs, up and down big hills.
I check into my room at the hotel since it is ready.
We go out and walk around.
It's warmer than expected, no real breeze, lots of sun, few clouds. i expected cooler.
After exploring a little, back to the room for a break.
Try to setup the internet, found i apparently need to pay for it at the hotel ($10 per connection period?).
We went back out.
Stopped at mood thai (i found online) and had dinner. i had samosa and veg pad thai. both ok, not the best.
We walked down to moscone south to register for the conference and pickup our badge.
Then up to moscone west to pickup our swag (bag, tshirt, water bottle, notepad):
More walking back to the hotel, sweaty and tired walking the hills, we stopped and picked up a drink.
Finally back to rest and shower. The room is pretty standard:
Now to sleep.
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