A bit irritating repairs were looped all and knocked out with one visit to dealer… tire losing air (but not depleting though) and vehicle having trouble in recognizing my keyfob…
Is my vehicle too American or myself behaving too much American? ๐
Main reason of this outrageous travel was actually a business meeting at Brazil ๐ and I took my first step into southern hemisphere in my life…
Few things I realized
– Premium Economy actually is great – well might not be compared to business which lays flat – but still had a comfortable trip
– South America is definitely South but at the same time it is more eastern than North America so it took long hours to get there and that might be the reason why all major airports to South America in US is primarily at Central or East
– Also, North-South Redeye is less painful than West-to-East Redeye – West-to-East Redeye takes the benefit of time difference (short flight time and land at morning) so giving extra pain to travelers by “stealing sleep time” while North-South Red-eye have to be designed that way mainly because of absolute distance.
Anyhow after comfortable long sleep, landed at GRU which is the code carved in my head during my times at Oracle’s OCI… ๐
I tried to be a good employee so took the cheapest option of flights and that action gave me 7 hours of transit time at DFW ๐ so I wondered what to do…
After a quick wondering, decided to take an Uber to nearby Dallas K-Town and got the Naju soup I was craving and came back to DFW. After return, I realized I still have tons of time so tried to get every possible free benefits of Priority Pass ๐
Took one-hour nap at mini hotel in terminal, took 25 min of machine massage, and even grabbed a coffee and drink at DFW club ๐
After losing soul during the rides and getting sun-burnt on all arms and faces, drove to northwest to Syracuse, NY. (and believe paid countless tolls in Mass Spike and NY Thruway ๐ )
Happen to find Dave’s hot chicken and it was great although it taught me the lesson that hot chicken without Korean sauce is an insult to hot chicken ๐
The Skyler hotel in Syracuse was a kind of experience of 1800’s old building renovated to hotel ๐ very comfortable hotel except cracking sounds from the floor ๐
Wondered around Seattle U’s campus for the first time in my almost two decades of life at Seattle ๐ cozy and nice campus but – as a parent who went thru crazy college application process – I wondered where this school has been during the crazy growth of UW and UW Bothell in last decade.
Maybe their lucrative environment -closest to downtown core and ability to target lots of part time post graduate students – might have produced relatively less focus on undergraduate programs.
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