Travel Lesson #3 - Don't take the minivan

I was in Minneapolis this week - great city and so active. I was laughing to myself when I reached the rental car garage because all the license plates on the cars were Minnesota. Every other time I've rented a car (LA, San Diego, NY, Boston, etc.) the license plates are from all over the country. And then the only car available to me was a big ol' minivan... with Florida plates. Go figure. I got some grief over scratches returning the car which reminds me to be more scrupulous when taking a car off the lot. And also to not to settle for any vehicles I'm not comfortable driving. (I'm pretty sure I didn't cause the scratches... I think)

I will have to come back to get a 'Cherry Spoon' handstand picture. The sculpture garden was under construction and is due to be completed in June 2017. 

Back in Burlington and Travel Lesson #2

Burlington - a place I know well having travelled there for Company Y a number of times. Well the new job took me back... to an office right next door! No need to do a handstand, because I already have one.

Travel lesson #2 - travel with an obnoxious old school alarm clock that will undoubtedly wake you up! Luckily the hotel I was staying in was under construction.. which jolted me awake - otherwise who knows how long I would have slept. I was still late though, since the wake up call was precisely at the time I was supposed to be at work.

Caltrain... huh?

Bay Area transportation is so weird. 

1) Why does CalTrain run so infrequently? 

2) It boggles my mind that traveling beyond your stop and then catching another train to backtrack is faster than waiting for a slower train to take you directly from point A to point B

Travel Lesson #1 - Never trust the Google search on flight times

Sigh. All day the Google search result said my flight was delayed (and by 1 hour, even though it shows 36mins in the screenshot)

In reality the flight was only delayed by 10 mins...

And so I missed my flight. Flightstats I had more faith in you :(  Now switching to TripIt!