Friday, August 13, 2010
Graduation Dinner
Last Wednesday we had a graduation dinner for the students who were attending their last summer of courses in Davis. Here is our international group.
Giants Game
At the beginning of the year I made a list of the things I wanted to do this year. Included was attend a professional sports game. In July friend C and I went down to SF to see the Giants play the Mets. Besides being terrified that the gulls would let loose over our heads, it was great. The weather was wonderful. We stayed the night at my grandparents and in the morning met one of my students downtown for a day of sightseeing.
That night was C's Shakespeare in the park final performance. Afterwards we shaved his hair. He did an amazing job.
Before and after.
Mexico
Now a long month after my trip, having sufficiently recovered from the summer classes, I can post the few photos that I took - all of the wedding.
I left Thursday night and arrived Friday morning at 6am. My first presentation was at 9am at the law firm of one of my students. I then had a meeting at a law school at 11:30 and then another presentation at another law firm at 1pm. I got a short nap break and then we had an alumni reception at 8pm. It was a long but excellent day.
I must say I was surprised by Mexico City. I loved it! It helped that I had several friends there and they did a significant amount of shuttling around the city. It was wonderful to visit all of them. Another student flew up from Brazil and since it was also his first visit to the city we were able to do some tourist stuff together.
The wedding was beautiful, it was held in a gorgeous church and the reception was at a restaurant in the park at the center of the city overlooking a small lake.
On Sunday we went to the Anthropological Museum, which was fantastic! Then we went to this very authentic restaurant where the Mexican students ordered food and then didn't tell us what it was until after we had eaten it - cue cactus, bone marrow, and ant eggs. Yes, ant eggs and they taste like eggs only look like rice.
In all, a fantastic trip.
I left Thursday night and arrived Friday morning at 6am. My first presentation was at 9am at the law firm of one of my students. I then had a meeting at a law school at 11:30 and then another presentation at another law firm at 1pm. I got a short nap break and then we had an alumni reception at 8pm. It was a long but excellent day.
I must say I was surprised by Mexico City. I loved it! It helped that I had several friends there and they did a significant amount of shuttling around the city. It was wonderful to visit all of them. Another student flew up from Brazil and since it was also his first visit to the city we were able to do some tourist stuff together.
The wedding was beautiful, it was held in a gorgeous church and the reception was at a restaurant in the park at the center of the city overlooking a small lake.
On Sunday we went to the Anthropological Museum, which was fantastic! Then we went to this very authentic restaurant where the Mexican students ordered food and then didn't tell us what it was until after we had eaten it - cue cactus, bone marrow, and ant eggs. Yes, ant eggs and they taste like eggs only look like rice.
In all, a fantastic trip.
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