Archive for March, 2005

Los Trancos and Monte Bello

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

Good Friday - the first sunny day after a week of rain. It was glorious weather to explore the hills of the Bay Area. In a sharp contrast to the densely populated shores of the San Francisco Bay, the hills around it are wooded and thickly vegetated. It provides a convenient escape […]

Palo Alto: Baylands Nature Preserve

Monday, March 21st, 2005

It’s been a wet and cold weekend in Sunnyvale, and all my senses told me to stay indoors. Yet, I had just purchased a book on California hiking - a Guide to More Than 1000 Hikes and I was eager to get started on the trails.
A simple accessible trail was a mere 10 minutes […]

Welcome to Sunnyvale

Friday, March 18th, 2005

I’ve finally boarded the flight to San Francisco to start work in Sunnyvale.
The flight over was OK - 19 hours, with a stopover in Seoul. SIA offered 60 channels of movies, but their choices seemed to revolve around Jude Law/Julia Roberts movies. I watched “Closer”, “Alfie” and an Italian movie (European movies seem […]