Hi Guys and Gals,
well I survived my first trip to the US of A.

Flew -
Hobart - Sydney - LA - Dallas - Houston.
Conference for 4 (2 plus 2 extra) days
Houston - Dallas - LA - Brisbane - Hobart.

Conference was extended by a couple of days because I wasn't accepting some of the crap design from GE.
Looks like we might have it resolved now.

Man - your air travel is in chaos.
AA delays caused me to miss 2 connecting flights and lost my baggage in both directions.
Going over it took one day for bag to catch up, coming home they estimate 3 days.
Pathetic.

Apart from that, the trip was great.
Good food, but hey, do you guys really eat as much as the restaurants put on the plates??
I ended up ordering entrées, and then still only eating half of what was served.

The one thing that stuck out as most memorable -
The absolute politeness and friendliness of all the people I came in contact with.
Admittedly I was probably in the top end of town most of the time, but whow - I didn't expect that.
Americans abroad tend to show the opposite.

Went to Hooters!!!
(Hey what can I say - Sue would have been disappointed if I didn't.)

Pity I didn't catch up with anyone, but there is a glimmer of hope for another trip to witness the GT's being test run -
May 2012

How far is MOAB from Houston???????

PK