Two weeks ago, I was at my first Hotsos Symposium. Needless to say, I was quite excited and looking forward to it.
Day Zero
The flight was pleasant. I went through Toronto, and the only disappointment was the US border control, but that wasn’t as bad as it could be (believe me, I know what a nightmare it can be sometimes). During the flight, and waiting on the check-ins, I worked on my paper for IOUG COLLABORATE 07, as the deadline had arrived and it was urgent that I finish it. Obviously, my laptop didn’t survive on batteries until the very end, but I did get 4+ hours, and that’s quite impressive for my old ThinkPad.
The arrival was uneventful and since I had only hand luggage, I was at the cash machine and off to the taxi stand in no time . The trip was 15 minutes at the most. To my surprise, the taxi driver didn’t want to fill in the receipt and just provided me with a blank one.
The view of Dallas from the hotel was very nice:
