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I call these two 'good morning feline'.

Awesome time lapse is awesome

The Climax, Kansas Supercells by Stephen Locke from Stephen Locke on Vimeo.

Ya gotta see the baby

Slow Life in the early morning

Work up suddenly in the early hours of this morning worrying about work (something that happens all to regularly of late) and saw this great time lapse video of coral by a Queenslander called Daniel Stoupin. it's mesmerising, just the thing for those half awake moments in the small hours where you're seeking distraction from other thoughts.

Now, time to think about breakfast and feeding the cat. 

Gif party!

Tea party with cucumbers...

I’m a little torn about blogging about holiday experiences (and in general really), but I also feel the need to write something down about different experiences. Some of this is because I’m not around the people I would usually talk to and tell these things and part of this is so that I remember things. 

So at the very least I’m going to get down a few things that I remember and lessons learned for next time around. 

San Francisco is awesome, but I feel like we only scratched the surface of it. Highlights included the cycle tour of town, cycling over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, the late night Exploratorium, Off the Grid street food festival and walking the streets with all the amazing old houses. It was also an experience walking (by accident) through the Tenderloin, where is seems to be a mecca for homeless people and some angry types. Things are real over that ways. Strangely enough, it was right near a very nice part of town, but the nice part is up a big hill. It was amazing to see the divide marked so clearly in altitude. 

Things to take away (apart from way too many photos):

1. Don’t get a hotel on the top of one of the biggest hills in town (and away from the action). This is one learned on the first day, but ultimately reinforced daily by aching calves and thighs. It turns out there is a reason this one is cheap. 
2. The most difficult thing about driving in the US is that the steering wheel is on the wrong side. My left feels exposed and my subconscious makes me want to sit in the wrong bit of the lane. I can deal with the rest of it, it mostly means thinking a bit at intersections, but the steering wheel position still gets me. Dana, on the other hand, seems like the’s going to have a coronary in the passenger seat the entire time.  
3. Bicycle tours are great!  The only drawback is that you can’t really take pictures from them. This, at least, forces you to experience things in the present, which I don’t always feel I’m doing behind a camera. We already have another one booked for Brooklyn.
4. I am a complete internet addict and free/cheap wifi in hotels will now be a deciding factor for me in choosing accommodation.  A similar criterion applies for me with for decent cup holders and car purchases. 
5. I’m old and I like to go to bed on time. This might just be the jet lag speaking (or the drinking at lunch time) but I have not been bothered going out after dinner yet. 
6. Home made simple food is great and I miss it.
7. Tipping is strange and I think I get it wrong a lot.

Photos on the way when I get round to it (and the wifi is free).