I had no big trouble (knock on wood) during my flight across the country. No body probes at checkin, no bumps off of flights, just little things. Like not being able to enter my Mileage Plus number into the e-ticket machine. Or being put in the very last row of the plane next to several (four or more) small children. Or being told that I’d have to pay for food on the flight and having them run out so I got NOTHING to eat. Small things.

The view out my hotel window isn’t as bad as the complaints on the web:

I did get here only a little late and I couldn’t find the German guy I was supposed to meet with. So, instead, I went to Durgin Park

and it’s changed in 20 years. No more sawdust on the floor. No more surly wait staff (I heard they all died since I’d last been there!) But the food was fantastic.

I bought this:

and I bet there’s no way I’m getting Megacorp to pay for it.

When I got back to my room at 10:30PM, the German guy had called. I had to call him on a Paris phone number and the cell phone network routed the call back to Boston. He still wanted to meet, so that was my 11PM-12AM meeting. Or maybe more. I seem to recall hearing a lot of geek information during that meeting. More than would fit in an hour.

Anyway, it’s 1:30AM here (10:30PM to those of us on the left coast) so I better try to get some sleep.

Oh, and I’m supposed to have a meeting with an Em Eye Tee professor on Friday! The guy who forgot to reply to my email! His FIFTH kid was just born last week so he’s been busy!