Category Archives: USA

Another day at the conference. Opted for breakfast and follow the keynote on twitter. Much more relaxing. It lasted for two hours, so I walked over to one of the three Starbucks at the hotel. Today’s lunch. Tonight we watched the KA show by Cirque de Soleil. It was spectacular!! Go see it! A smallContinue reading “Day 4”

Woke up early today and prepared for a meeting at 7am, just to discover it was cancelled.  Anyway I processed my emails, which was good. Another day at the conference. Three sessions today. Have a goal of leaving the hotel today, as I didn’t get out yesterday. I guess I should get breakfast soon, thenContinue reading “Day 3”

First day with conference. Started out with an American Breakfast in the food court. Half the price of the Grand Buffet. This hotel is really huge.  Have everything I need to stay in here for weeks.  Have been attending three sessions today. The reservation, waiting list features of the application needs a solid revamp… NotContinue reading “Day 2”

Slept till 9am. I really needed it! Trying to figure out what to do today. Starting of with breakfast at the buffet. Seems pricy but there are lots of food. Need to find a simpler breakfast place as I don’t need a full meal in the morning. Credit card was blocked for this region. StrangeContinue reading “Day 1”

Last trip to the US in 2017. This time to the AWS re:invent conference in Las Vegas. It is a long flight with three legs. Leaving at 9:50 today. Won’t be there till 20:27 local time. I.E. 04:27 my time. It was a dark rainy morning. Now waiting…. which I will be doing a lotContinue reading “Leaving for LAS”

Time to pack and leave for home. Not sure if I should leave this nice weather for the cold. Could get used to this. Have packed all luggage and I still am way below the 23kg limit. However; there is not much room left. Next up is breakfast. There was a waiting line at Lori’sContinue reading “Going home”

Lazy start today. Walking up to the friendly neighbor diner. Crowd again today. Were placed behind the car… Time for a meeting in San Jose. Tried to find a rental car in the area, but all except one had no car. Enterprise wanted $150 for a day. So doing Uber instead. About an hour laterContinue reading “Last day”

Late breakfast at 9:30. Walked to some of the shopping malls to get some shirts and t-shirts. First Macy’s, but didn’t find anything. Walked over to Nordstrom, but didn’t want to pay $250 for a shirt. Bought some t-shirts at Old Navy before returning to Macy’s, where I bought a few shirts. Walked back toContinue reading “Relaxing day”

Another conference day. This is the last for us. Still some sessions tomorrow, but there are no seats available to get in. Attended a few sessions today, some quite technical, others not. Used the time to network with the vendor. Big concert tonight with Ellie Golding++. Too tired and the knees are aching, so IContinue reading “Last conference day”

Had breakfast at the hotel. Not too great selection. Moved on to a keynote. Decided to watch it from outside. After an hour a went inside to sit for the last hour. Tried to get some money from an ATM, but it would not let go of the money. Claimed bad health… Attended several sessionsContinue reading “Museum”