Photo: January 2005 Archives

See, Fredrik and I really did visit London!

-Andy.

So, I decided to make my London experience "complete" by ordering an authentic English breakfast:

It looks extremely unappetizing. I mean, I like all of those ingredients individually, but all together?!?! It was a bit of a challenge getting my stomach to accept this meal...

-Andy.

The EDS site in Rüsselsheim is quite large. They have four buildings, three of which are seven stories each. And there are a number of EDS flags flying outside of each:

Also notable in this picture is the snow. It has been cold here in Rüsselsheim, but not snowy. Then last Thursday, we got about an inch (or so) of snow. This sleepy little industrial town actually looks quite nice with a dusting of snow.

-Andy.

So, for various reasons (which I won't go into here), Kevin, Mike, and I drove down to Three Rivers, CA in order to visit with Elizabeth yesterday. And also to rescue Sheila from SoCal (yes, that is one of the reasons which I wasn't going to go into. And I'm not going to go into it. This is just mentioning it). Anyways, Mike couldn't go all the way down there and not do something. Never-mind the fact that it was raining, and the weatherman didn't say that it was going to stop.

There didn't seem to be any deterring him on this idea of doing something outside, and I was a little sleep-deprived from Kevin keeping me up the night before -- so I didn't put up too much of a fight.

So, we went hiking in Sequoia National Forest. In the rain:

It actually wasn't that bad -- most of the way up the mountain, there was only a light rain. Of course, on the way back, the rain got heavier. But I wasn't 100% drenched by the time I made it back to the car. Of course, all of the water made parts of the trail pretty slippery. But, it's not like I value my body or anything.

The plan was to start the hike at the Potwisha camp site, where the elevation is low enough that it doesn't snow. The plan was to hike up to a neat waterfall that is connected to the Marble Fork. But, we got started a little bit late, which meant that we didn't go all of the way to the waterfall. We did get pretty close, however (even though my photos don't really capture that fact).

Speaking of which, I've uploaded the limited set of photos that I took (hey, it was raining!) at this gallery.

-Andy.

While waiting for our table at Due's, Sara and I walked over to the Apple store on Michigan avenue (we had a 50/50 chance of finding it -- I guess you can say that I got lucky). Sara tried to get me to buy an iPod mini, but I didn't crack (I am pretty close, though -- if new ones come out this month, that could seal my fate). I also almost bought some portable speakers that seemed pretty cool: The JBL "On Tour" Speaker System. These things looked pretty cool, and don't rely on an iPod dock connector, so they'll work with anything that has an audio output jack (like my PowerBook and MiniDisc player, for instance). Pretty tempting, especially since I'm going to Germany soon.

-Andy.

I took this picture while Sara and I were walking around in Wrigleyville, waiting for Kevin to materialize and the Fall Out Boy show to start. They don't make 'em like this anymore...

-Andy.

I took this picture on our way into the restaurant. We got there a little after 4 PM on a Tuesday, and we still had to wait over an hour for our table. Amazing.

-Andy.