Welcome California!

It's always sad to leave behind Family, Friends and your homeland. But I have good friends here too. And even though I've had a bumpy journey I was still in time to have a beer in "Thank God it's Friday", at Scripps.

In the picture above, myself and doctor Tilman Friz, in my balcony.

Phoenix, Arizona

This could be my fastest trip from Porto to San Diego, instead it will most likely be my longest one. Heavy air traffic delayed the arrival of my plane in Newark, and the departure to Phoenix happened 2 hours later than scheduled. Result: I lost my connection flight to San Diego.

Airport time is not always very useful; but this time I've been reading email, chating with friends, and I just discovered that California is on fire. And I mean literally... hope everything is OK at home. I think the fire is further North in Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz.

Now it's time to get going to the gate. I'll be boarding soon.

PS - I loved to spend this time in Portugal. It's just too bad that I can never be with all my friends no matter what. But it was very good anyway. Thank you all!