What have I been up to this fall? Looking back - I'm not sure - it feels it's still - or at least should be August - but obviously I'm stuck in the past. I have done some travels - a couple of trips to Stockholm, Sweden, one trip down to LA to watch the Midterm Elections and one trip down to San Diego to attend a conference. Add regular work and a family to the travel mix. The bad thing about getting all those miles when traveling is that you can use them - for travel - when all you want to once you get back from your miles-awarded-travels is
not to travel...
When you fly "domestic" within California - Southwest is your best choice. Southwest is a special airline - voted high in customer satisfaction and - one of few that actually isn't on the verge of bankruptcy... When you are to board a Southwest flight you are assigned a special number - and you have to line up in the exact order when it's time to board. No one has assigned seats - not even travelers in "business class" (there is not business class - only the privilege of getting on board first - and getting a free drink). It's a somewhat nice change from long term flights across the globe - and the best part is that "domestic" California rarely means flying more than an hour.
Random pictures from this fall:
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| The wall of Konserthuset in Stockholm |
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The fantastic ceiling of Ulvsunda Slott outside Stockholm
- you don't see ceilings like this too often over here... |
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Meg Whitman declares defeat in Universal City in LA where
I happened to end up on Midterm Election night. |
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| Spent a few rainy days in San Diego in October. Not much use of the rain. |
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| We did see the sun one - one evening. But I did have a great view from my hotel room... |
