Our cozy AirBNB was a short taxi ride last night instead of our preferred public transportation or self propelled. It was late and drizzling then and the cabbie made it quick and our hosts had left the lights on and snacks. We enjoyed the fast wireless to catch up news and I downloaded the new Apple iOS 8 so that I could practice with it while traveling offline later.
We had a slower start this morning and I needed coffee badly by time we headed out. We got in a good walk and found the "Matchstick" a fine coffee stop. We also had small skillets of hash which were rich and savory and full of veggies. The coffee was great and they took visas for payment. We headed off next to catch a bus for the nearest Apple Store to see what our local SIM card options were. First we learned that getting all day passes took a bit of work to find so we walked about half the distance to our destination. We used the sky train for a couple of stops underground to find the mall. We quickly learned that Apple didn't provide SIM cards for our used unlocked iPhones but we got good advice and bought an SD card reader for Laurie's camera. This was the day before the new iPhone 6 was released and lines were forming already. The local cellphone vendors couldn't sell us what we needed for our short stay. We also found that Laurie's wallet was missing!
We made a quick return home and found the wallet. Google voice let us call brother Jon Litman back home. This may be our main tool for calling when email won't handle our communications. After a rest we were off again to use our still invalidated day passes to get to UCB to meet Julia Gold. The campus looked big and worth exploring including the anthropology museum when we have more time. We took a bus to Julia's apartment for a great visit. Much has happened since we last met in England. Lots of health, work and travel news to catch up on. Afterwards we walked down to the "Yak and Yeti" for a great dinner and much more visiting. Julia gave us some tips for tomorrow and a ride back in her "new" car. A great visit! We stayed up late for packing and organizing for our next and last day in Vancouver. It would be a long one too.
A dark view of Julia and Laurie coming out of
the Yak and Yeti where we had great Himalayan food.
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