Monday, July 05, 2021

Seeing Darlene and Mike...

On my last day in California, Darlene and Mike picked me up for an afternoon in San Jose. After dropping off my luggage at an airport hotel (to make things easy for my early flight the next morning) and taking me for my final COVID test (the Netherlands required two tests at the time, which was complicated and quite expensive), we spent a few hours wandering around downtown San Jose. 
After years of growing up and avoiding downtown San Jose due to its reputation of being dangerous, it was refreshing to walk around with no worries. 
Selfies are clearly not my strong suit, but that didn’t stop me from trying. 
This was taken near San Pedro Square Market, a nice food hall where we ate dinner. 
This five-story tribute to the late Supreme Court of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was by far my favorite artwork I saw during my trip. It was created by a former biomedical engineer turned artist.
If you look carefully, hopefully you’ll spot the three of us on the left and RBG on the right. 


 

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