I got up around 8 this morning and did some more preparation for my talk. Then I checked out of the hotel, and walked down to the Embarcadero Center, through the SF marathon, to enjoy a plate of huevos ranchero, below.
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| Desayuno |
Oddly the restaruante did not have jugo de naranja o cafe--solomente agua fria, so I went next door for bebidas.
I then took the Muni tram to the Caltrain station, pictured below and boarded the commuter train for Palo Alto.
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| Caltrain boarding platform |
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| Caltrain station |
I arrived in Palo Alto around 1:00 PM, and took a cab to the Stanford Terrace Inn. The Inn is a little rusty these days relative to its heydays of the 1960s as an upscale motel.
I worked some more on my talk in my hotel room, and then at 3:15, I was met in the lobby by my good friend Gerry Huang. She and her husband, NC, lived in South Bend for many years, and NC had an office next to mine. We went to their nearby condo in Mountain View, where Gerry had prepared some treats. I got the chance to speak with NC, who has been in poor health for many months. Gerry drove me back to my hotel around 5:00 PM.
Around 6:00 PM, I took a long walk around the beautiful Stanford campus. Some photos follow.
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| On Stanford's campus |
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| Colonnade on Stanford's campus |
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Chapel on Stanford's campus
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| Tower housing Hoover Institution on Stanford's campus |
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| View from Stanford's chapel |
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| Another collonade |
On the walk back, I found a nice snack in the graduate student housing complex. Featured below is my Thai noodle bowl...Mmm mmm good.
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| Late Thai dinner |
I then returned to my hotel, featured below.
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| The Stanford Terrace Inn |
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