We woke up at 5:30. I spent some time reading/writing email from the blackberry. It’s
nice to stay in touch, but boy is that inefficient. Hopefully in the future we can get
some wireless access from the apartment – if we intend for our off-hours to be productive.
Otherwise, I want to find some interesting places – seeing Dave walk around in his
underwear is only amusing the first time. ;)
Up at 6 and over to Caffee Manya for a hot breakfast. I ordered an omlet (which
is scrambled eggs unless you specific something else), potatoes, sausages, and
a latte. Dave and I talked about the previous days events and enjoyed watching
the people.
We arrived at Isilon about 9:30 – the first to arrive. We had a 10 AM
interview with Denis, who is a kernel programmer at SWSoft. Andrey considered
The alarm rang at 7, but I didn’t get out of bed until 8:15. The jet lag, lack
of sleep, and absythne all caught up with me. I spoke with Eriko while Dave
showered. We decided to take a different route to the metro. It wasn’t faster
(and possibly was just a tad longer) but it was in the shade - which was nice.
We stopped by a bookstore, but it was closed.
Dave woke up at 5 and I woke up at 6. In the morning we goofed off and I called
Eriko. She was doing well and Zack visits were very helpful. Dave was superbly
pissed as he ruined his shirts in the laundry - or thought so until washed them
again. We left the apartment 8:15.
We headed towards Aravaskaya which was close to a pedestrian only shopping
street that Alex had told us about. We got a little turned around and had no
I woke up at 4:30. Moscow is quite north, so there is a lot of daylight. It
reminds me of Anchorage as well as that movie ‘Insomnia.’ Dave and I spent some
time emailing from our blackberries and talking smack about our Seattle-based
co-workers. I ate cereal, yogurt, and a banana for breakfast. We walked to the
store to buy some more breakfast food. This was quite painful as my shoes and
