Security at the US airports is a bit crazy and very slow going so finally getting to San Diego was a relief. The hotel we are staying in (I'm travelling with my colleague Young) is massive but right next to the conference center and near the "gaslight quarter" which is where all the restaurants and bars are.In addition to being Friday, there was a big baseball game on (Padres Vs. Giants) so the quarter was packed with people. We watched the crowd go by and struck up conversions with heaps of people. Chris and Troy would love it, most of the places use scantily clad girls as maitre ds.
I had to help Young home at around midnight and then foolishly decided to go back into town by myself. I found a nice bar to hang out in and worked my way thru their bourbon selection and then crawled back to the hotel at 3am.
Considering our night out, Young and I still managed to get up relatively early for breakfast down on the waterfront.
We then spent the rest of morning on the Midway which is an old aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum. They have a ton of planes in the hanger and up on the deck. The ship is pretty big but across the bay at the naval yards is a modern carrier that is really massive.It is really hot at the moment(high twenties), so we are regrouped at the hotel before heading off to register for the conference which starts tomorrow. Registration was quick and painless so we headed back into the gaslight quarter for lunch at the Rockin' Baja Lobster bar. I had a burger and Young had seafood in a bucket (check out the picture). We then headed back to the hotel to finish off planning which sessions we want to see at the conference (we are only going to be able to see a small percentage of what is on) and to go thru all the goodies we got when we registered.
Reckon we will have a quite night tonight as we have an 8:30am start and sessions till 8pm !
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