Blogs from Foster City, California, United States, North America

June 3, 2012...Foster City Art and Wine Festival...what a gorgeous day for a festival...food, music, wine and a great weather...all the ingredients for a successful Art and Wine Festival...... read more

When: July 4th Where: Foster city What: July 4th Fireworks At the 11th hour, we dropped our plans to witness the fireworks at Eureka, 300 miles from home. But we just could not miss seeing the fireworks. So, we gladly accepted a friend's invitation to view one of bay area's better fireworks(SF fireworks are the best, if you did not know) at Foster city. With the little one, we could not imagine wading through the SF human traffic. But the best part of Foster city fireworks was it was by the lagoon & there was boat traffic. We've never seen anything like that & it was pretty interesting to look at all the residents commuting by boat. In any case, in Foster city, residents dock their boat in their backyard ie., backwaters from the bay. Lucky ... read more

As promised, here is a longer discussion on weighty problems. It looks like if you travel around in SE Asia and then head to India (basically not going directly from US) then the weight restrictions are not the same as when you originate here. I think that is about 35 kgs per person. Given the six different carriers we are on on this trip, my guesstimate based on talking to different agents is that it varies anywhere between 20-23 kgs per person. Now that puts one into one of those math puzzle situations. You know the one with one boat and X people on one coast and need to take them to the other coast and all the permutations and combinations that are allowed/dis-allowed. Or the other one about driving across a desert in a vehicle ... read more

I leave tomorrow. All week I've being saying goodbye to various people. I don't think it's really hit me yet. I'm a little bit overwhelmed with packing and making sure I have everything I need but I'm also very underwhelmed about this whole trip. I don't think I really realize the extent of it. I once went bungee jumping off a dam in Switzerland. 270 meters, one of the highest jumps you can do. Before the jump, I tried not to think about it and before I knew it I was jumping off the edge of the platform. and that was that...I didn't think it was scary or fun or exhilarating or anything really. I hope this experience doesn't mirror that one and end in bitter disappointment. Haha, that wont happen. This is gonna be awesome. ... read more