Day 1 Seattle ( Bothell)

Microsoft Office ( one of many..this is Soumya's office, i.e where the microsoft phones are made)

100 hours old Mysha
A false start at 5am. Anupam took a turn towards 280 freeway, I asked how are you going to the airport , he said , " I am taking 280. Me:' ' oh , i usually take 237 and 101 south" . He was all puzzled and a few moments after a very appropriate question, " where are you wanting to go"...I said, "San Jose airport of course". He was taking us to San Francisco Airport. At that point Jagdish mumbled something that I chose to ignore.
Rest of the morning was uneventful. Ariport security lines were huge and plane was full, even on the 6:30am flight on weekeday. But, the flight was on time and we landed in Seattle..no problem.
At Budget rent a car , ( i had prepaid for the car) they said you are early. I said reservation was for 10 and they said yes but it is only 9. I was quite annoyed and said ok, we can go get some breakfast be be back at 10...he called his supervisor and we were all confused for a while, till it dawned on me that I had made the reservation for 10th August and I thought we were arguing about 9am or 10am reservation time ....:) LUCKILY JAGDISH WAS FAR AWAY PICKING UP THE LUGGAGE....I hope he does not read this blog:)
To make the long story short, we came out with an upgraded car, Mazda..4WD SUV and no extra charge.

Our dear friends Soumya, Ruchi live here with their 100 hours old daughter MYSHA ( picture attached). We had an Indian feast for lunch and shopped at REI etc for camping. All ready to leave early tomorrow. Soumya took us around ot see the (evil..may be) EMPIRE and do you know there are 20,000 people work here for them and the building spread as far out in all directions as you can drive or see. After we were very impressed , he pulled out his Microsoft phone and showed me all the features. I have to say , i am either totally brain washed or it is actually much more than all others around.

I have also taken a crash course on photography from Soumya and from tomorrow you will see the "professional" pictures. Mysha's picture below is a trial of my newly learned skill. Everyone is sleeping, including Mysha, the 100 hours old..so good night and sweet dreams.