I have been working from St. Petersburg, Russia yesterday and today
during a notable cold spell. It is about -17 degrees Farenheit
(-27 degrees Celsius) right now. I have been in meetings with individuals
and groups of Engineers at two of the Sun buildings, talking about the
SEED mentoring program. We have 6 applicants so far, 5 from Russia and
one from Israel. The deadline is 30 January.
I will be in the office here tomorrow as well and then
John and I have the weekend to see something of this lovely city.
Mostly so far I have seen the hotel (the Corinthia Nevsky Palace)
and the streets between there and Sun’s
buildings. There are some very impressive imperial palaces and Soviet public
buildings. The Christmas lights and decorations are still up because
Russia celebrates the holiday later than we do in the USA. There are
green and purple floodlights and twinkle lights in
the trees at night. The sky gets lighter
around 9 a.m. and the sun rises above the buildings after noon. There
are very long shadows and then it starts to get dark again around 4 p.m.
The food is very good, way beyone the simple piroshki and blintzes
and borscht I grew up eating in San Francisco. Smoked sturgeon is amazing
stuff. Much better than smoked salmon!
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