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Hotel #1 was full this weekend so I've moved in to hotel #2. There was an awkward transition because check out time and check in time for hotels don't overlap. I asked if it was ok to bring my suitcase over early, and was told it was OK. It turns out they don't has a place to put suitcases that's out of the way, so the staff just had to maneuver ( Read more... )

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This morning I had the distinct impression of walking out without paying for my coffee. So distinct that I eventually wound up walking back and asking, just to clear the thought. It gave the coffee shop people a good laugh anyway ( Read more... )

When the agent sized me up and gave me exit row seats for the 12 hour flight back from Tel Aviv, I thought things might be looking up for the longest leg of this trip. The flight was already delayed an hour, meaning showing up three hours early was looking particularly foolish already, even taking Israeli security into consideration. Perhaps if my ( Read more... )

I got to the airport early because I'm compulsive and although I would like to see more of the city before I leave, the mere act of standing in the Tel Aviv heat and humidity causes me to sweat uncontrollably. Of course, my flight is delayed almost an hour. This morning's taxi driver was a speed demon, plowing through 50kph zones at over 100kph, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was long. I got in to work early (10pm PST) and stayed through the meeting with the team in San Francisco (10am PST). Long hours plus jetlag equals dazed and confused. And despite my efforts at anti-germ warfare, I have a cold. Today I slept in at the new hotel. It has a bed, which is nice, but no internet, which is annoying. It would be ( Read more... )

The hotel problem was solved by putting my up in a studio apartment normally used for sales. It's very similar to a what you might find at a hotel, except for somewhat more bachelor pad-y. The obvious oversight is some sort of Internet connection, so despite being wide awake in what is the middle of my normal day, I feel relatively isolated. I don' ( Read more... )