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Meet Me in San Francisco - Day 2

Day two of my SF trip was fantastic. I got to meet up with my three favourite big little brothers and got a full bay tour of Berkeley and Stanford where they are doing their PhDs - I am from a smart family. :) However, the jetlag was starting to hit me, really hard.

I first started the day at Berkeley with Frank, who's doing his Chemistry PhD there - although it really sounds like he's really doing Physics. It was a gorgeous day and Frank gave me the Berkeley tour which included a ride up to the clock tower where we were just in time for the playing of the Carillon (fancy word for lots of bells). It was LOUD and we spent a good 15 min with our fingers in our ears.

After the morning with Frank, I took BART down to Union City where Probal and Primoz was going to pick me up. During the 30 min ride, I just conked out. I was watching the hills go by when bam out like a light. Luckily, the next time I opened my eyes, I saw Union City and just jumped up before my brain could register that I was in the right place. Then Probal and Primoz picked me up and showed me Stanford. The campus is beautiful and riding in Primoz's car was even more of an adventure. We reminisced about our time at Princeton and couldn't believe that that was over 5 years ago. Crazy.

It's hard to believe that time goes by so fast, but fortunately for me, the wonderful people stay wonderful.

posted by Leighna @ 12:59 am