Mood:
a-okMorning in Santiago...uniformed maids dog-walking, gardners sweeping aside the night-fallend leaves, sun and dry cool air. Enjoying a breakfast of chirimoya alegre, toast and yogurt on my balcony while watching the Roddick-Gonzalez match in the Australian Open and working on Chajnantor site data.
Walked over and had a nice dinner with Richard and Alison and several new folks chez Richard. A very interesting group of folks. Eric, who is French and worked on a Venus mission which has expired now, grew up in Senegal Africa where his folks still live. His Dad has a company there but is 70 and though he doesn't want to leave--all their friends are there--his Mom wants to go back to France, where Eric's two brothers live. Daniel's Dad and Mom decided (after a week) they like Chile so much they will move here from Spain. Daniel is not so sure about that! Nick and Dena moved here from Holland, they were there with their three kids of single digit ages. He's English, she Indonesian. Asada and his wife from Japan, Richard of course and his wife Beverly (American). Lance, the other American, opted to watch the football game with friends. It was all very interesting. Altogether, five continents represented!
Back to the fray tomorrow. Looking forward to Simon Radford's visit...
