To European standards the four miles hike to Glen Camp is barely a warm-up exercise. But remember, we’re not in Europe and the backpacks here are if not bigger at least much heavier. I suspect the delicious Chinese food for lunch, dinner and breakfast was partly to blame for turning us into Sisyphus-like creatures. No need to say that the rest of the weekend … rocked. Nothing beats a weekend away from the computer!

Leaving his crystals and atom deposits behind, our favorite Einstein, probably bored with his hourly thermodynamic adjustments, finally beamed him-self to Mountain View space-time for a short 2-days visit. Of course Pierre would retort that 'short' is all relative. And indeed: the hours spun around as fast as electrons around the nucleus and it was with regret that we saw him leave again. May the force be with him.

It was our fourth participation in Bay to Breaker, one of San Francisco's most disturbing and entertaining races, and we still didn't take the time to put a costume together. It is shameful but, unlike many and much to Michael's relief, we still showed up with our cloth on. Who knows, maybe one day we'll be posing on the picture with Loic ... God forbid !