Tales from the road - part 1

[dracodraconis]

Made it to San Jose, arriving at 9:30 local time (12:30 Ottawa time) in light rain. Although the airline said they sold food, they appear to have forgotten to offer it, or more specifically, I didn't know I had to ask for it when they were handing out drinks. United is not a bad airline (staff is good and they seem to be doing the best they can under the circumstances) but the lack of food on a 6 hour flight was not pleasant. Fortunately, although the kitchen was closing at the Marriott where I was staying, they made a sandwich and put together a tray for me. I had ended up arriving at the hotel a bit later than expected because there is another Marriott closer to the airport so I ended up going there first by accident. The staff there were very helpful and put me in a taxi that got me to the right place.

Day 1 of the conference is interesting. I presented my paper as the last session in the afternoon in my section. There are several 3D imaging sections so I missed the 3D-displays presentations in favour of the data acquisition sessions. Tomorrow I'll float around a bit more between the sections. Monday and Tuesday have most of the things I want to see, so I can do some sight-seeing during the last two days.

I have photos on the camera from my room but I have to upload them. I have a night shot shot taken from my hotel window at three aperture stops so I'll convert them to HDR to see how that works. I also have a morning shot of the mountains in cloud, as well as a shot from later in the day when the sun finally emerged. Apparently the entire west coast has been hit with wet weather, coming down as rain in the south and snow in the north. It had been raining all last week and today was the first day of sun. A view out my window shows the cloud has come back, promising more rain, but it it expected to move off by Tuesday. By then I should be able to get some shots of the city from more than my hotel room.

Edit: Oh, and, in true Canadian fashion, I had to set the hotel room temperature on cool. The person who picked me up at the airport was saying that it's gotten cold the past few days. I just thought it was a comfortable temperature. I also, apparently, have no accent, except perhaps a hint of British (according to a gentleman from North Carolina that I spoke with at lunch).

Time to go find something for supper.

Comments

[ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com]

how did the presentation go?

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

Pretty good. They were pretty interested in the approach I was presenting.