Walking around town you see these guys literally dangling from the sky. They tie themselves to the top of a building and start working on the building top to bottom. From what I could see they were using “putty” to fix cracks or holes on the walls.

If these guys should fall, it would be straight into the crowded streets below. The lesson learned, not only watch for pickpockets from the front and rear but also above!

I’ve been in the Shanghai Hilton since Sunday morning. I’ve fully adjusted to the time zone difference from Sweden. I’ve been trying to eat more on the Western type style food. If I ate Chinese, it was at the hotel restaraunt and what they delivered for lunch at my workplace which was some serious down home authentic grub which I probably ate only half of due to I couldn’t recognize the other half.

The traffic is totally insane! Car and pedestrian misses are normal. I’ve taken quite a bit of video footage to put together later on. Every morning my co-workers and meet downstairs for a taxi ride to the plant. After a long day of work take the taxi back to the hotel for dinner then rest. Wake up the next day for the same thing over and over.

I landed in Shanghai Pudong Airport. Its the same as it was in April, very humid and smoggy. I spent a lot of time in customs since I had to hand carry high tech parts for the project I’m working on. I’ll have to return tomorrow to claim them since they are being checked out.

Actually I’m stopping at Vienna to switch planes again. Rainy morning here in Sweden, it will soon be snowing. I got out of here in time.

Next posting will probably be from Vienna…

Update:
In Vienna now, finally made it through their customs and man was it a zoo. Probably the worse I’ve seen so far. The weather outside is actually warm. They actually smoke inside of the airport (you would love that Bugs)

This is the only trip to Sweden I didn’t even bother to look around. I even ate at places that I already had eaten before. I wasn’t in the mood to go exploring, more of a get in and out mission.

The weather for the whole stay was cold and wet. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why I just wanted to get to work quickly and back to the hotel room. The photo below is the train station I went to every day. After weeks and weeks of use, I really got the hang of metro commuting.

Heading out tomorrow for Shanghai, China. I often talked to Bugs about this, how in the world did two Southside Stockton natives ever get in the position to see different parts of the world.

Next posting will be from somewhere other than Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm Sweden.

Sitting in SacTown Terminal B. Bugs woke up super early in the morning to give me a ride and send me off to Sweden then Shanghai.

Update:
I’m now 37000 feet above earth! I’m getting free internet access due to some error on the plane. This is a first for me  Nothing eventful, planes were right on schedule. I slept most of the way from Sacramento to Chicago. Bugs called me for a chat

Update:
Flight was uneventful, must be getting used to torture. Landed in Stockholm and took a cab to the Sheraton. I was lucky they had a room ready, weird thing it was the exact same one as my last visit. What are the odds of that happening?

Took the subway to the train station. That is where I am at this very moment, sitting in a train waiting to roll.

I’ve landed in Chicago, this was a comfortable ride back since I had knowbody sitting next to me and it was behind the upgrade seats which meant more leg room. (22F) Movies were the same so no new entertainment.

For once an uneventful plane switch. Everything went smooth as silk. I’m now in the Chicago O’Hare terminal waiting for my flight to SacTown. Next stop, home!!!

Yaaaaaaaah! I’m all packed and ready to hit the road tomorrow. I saw this sign during one of my many walks, I thought how true. I haven’t driven a motorcycle or car in quite some time.