Blogs from Oakland, California, United States, North America

De la pluie encore, donc musée! Avec les congés et la température: rues désertes. Mais aussi commerces fermés. J'ai vu plusieurs restos qui ne sont que des fenêtres pour du take-out. Ils étaient encore en mode Covid, mais à la pluie, ça n'était pas pratique. Un endroit ouvert: un commerce presque juste de breuvages de lait et thés de perles (chinois). Les seuls clients: des ados beaucoup trop énergiques et de la musique asiatique à tu-tête genre karaoké. Ho boy. Il y avait une minuscule inscription qui disait qu'il y avait une cuisine. Bon, ok. J'ai pris un numéro #? en me disant: "ça sera (encore) une surprise". Hey hey! Oh que oui! C'était 2 bons ti-rouleaux, un bol de nouilles QUI A L'AIR DE RIEN mais tellement goûteux que j'allais chanter avec les ados visiblement ... read more

Here are some facts: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.45 million air passengers on Friday, the highest daily number since February 2020. The number was however below the 2.73 million https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput screened on the same day in 2019. The high traffic was despite weather and staffing issues resulting in travel disruptions. On Friday, U.S. airlines canceled 711 flights and delayed more than 6,000, according to FlightAware https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/yesterday. U.S. travelers are already facing a difficult summer as airlines expect record demand and as they rebuild staff levels after thousands of workers left the industry during the pandemic. We have all had flights cancelled, delayed or both. My long-haul trips usually are cancelled or changed with advanced warning. Local trips are often changed ... read more

This is a great story, please read! https://theundefeated.com/features/the-worlds-fastest-man-biography-cyclist-major-taylor/ Other bicycle facts: If you've ever ridden a url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/tandem-cycling-tests-more-than-just-fitness/2014/09/30/0cdad834-42c0-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.htmltandem bike, you know that it can be tricky to get one moving. So just imagine how hard it must have been to ride a bike that stretched for 135 feet and 10.7 inches, making it the longest bicycle in the world. Crafted by Santos and the University of South Australia in 2015, a group of cyclists did manage to ride the bike—which was much wider than normal in order to compe... read more

Today we drove 730 miles. We left Salt Lake City at 4:00am and arrived in Oakland at 4:00pm. I took a photo of the Bonneville Salt Flats. It doesn't look great because the sun wasn't out yet. But I love the way the salt looks like snow. At around 11:30am we arrived in Tahoe City. We stopped at Commons Beach and took a walk along the shore of Lake Tahoe. It is really beautiful! We got to Oakland, checked into our AirBNB rental and then went to explore. We bought some groceries at Trader Joe's and ate some great pizza from Arizmendi Bakery in Oakland's Lower Hills neighborhood. It was delicious! Tomorrow morning, we take a tour of UC Berkeley and then we'll head out to do some sightseeing in San Francisco!... read more

Saturday, 17th January 2015 I had still a couple of hours left in Hawaii before my afternoon flight back to mainland USA. The last couple of moments was spent by the beach again, catching the final glimpse of Waikiki before embarking on my journey back to San Francisco. It was nearly 9pm in the evening when my flight landed at Oakland International Airport. From the airport, the BART brought me straight to downtown Berkeley where I met R at Paris Baguette for our bus journey home. I was happy to be back to a familiar environment again. Happy that I was exactly half-way through my USA trip as I welcomed my new travel adventures in the coming days.... read more