Ta - bi - run 2,

   The second morning, as the course scheduled to start early I left the hotel a bit earlier.  It was dark outside and not even dawn yet.

A beautiful morning of the beautiful city, San Francisco.

TA-BI-RUN in San Francisco

To overcome jetlag...

eat every meal on schedule adjusted for local time.
sleep at night in local time.
be exposed to light and sunshine during daytime in local time.
exercise during daytime to be exhausted at night.

I dare not to sleep during the flight to San Francisco and ate meal on adjusted time.  I went to bed around 10 pm last night.

This is Day 2 in San Francisco and I woke up at 5:30.  After enjoying Skype talk with my wife and elder son, I went out for run and sunshine.  It was 12.5km run took more than 90minutes.  I admit it was a very slow run.  It was not only for exercise but also for sightseeing.  San Francisco is the city travelers enjoy jogging and cycling.  I didn't rent a car during this trip and I think I made a right choice.

I left my hotel at about 630 am which is about the time of sunrise in san Francisco.

Starbucks is open already.

electric motor vehicle called 'MUNI'

 There are some people swimming in the sea, enjoying open water swimming.  It is too cold for me...

 Alkatraz

And came back to my room.  Another beautiful day in San Francisco.

http://j.mp/woFDaM

Moldova! The fortieth flag on my blog.

The fortieth flag was.....Moldova

It's a shame that I don't know much about Moldova, neighbouring Romania and Ukraine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova

Thank you for visiting here, and Thank you for visiting JAPAN!  And please come to see once in a while.

私のブログには、アクセスされた方の地域、国を示す端が画面、右の帯に表示されます。はじめのうちはポツポツと増えていったのですが、ひとしきり欧米やアジアの旗が揃ってくると、新顔さんの登場がぱたととまってしまいました。そして４０まであと1国とせまってから、随分長いこと立ちましたが、本日、晴れて40番目の旗が表示されました。

それが、これ。モルドバの方だったようです。

ようこそ。日本へ。

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/モルドバ

ENVY

ロードバイクが素晴らしい事は乗り始めてみてよく分かりました。名前に惹かれて選んだKOGAですが、実際に乗ってみるとその乗り心地は素晴らしいものです。他のロードバイクとの比較は出来ませんが、もっと乗っていたい、明日も乗りたい、そんな気持ちにさせてくれるバイクです。

しかし、大きな問題が生じている事を告白しなければなりません。そもそも私に自転車の楽しさを教えてくれたBromptonの存在意義が薄れつつあるのです。往路も復路も自転車で往復することが苦にならなくなった現在、持ち運べる事が利点として薄れつつあります。やはり、乗り心地だけを議論すれば、BromptonはKOGAに敵いません。

雨が多いシーズンになったりすれば、使い分けもうまくいくのでしょうが、このところ数週間はBromptonは畳まれたまま、自宅待機の日々が続いています。

うまいこと両者を乗り分けてやりたい、そんなことを考えています。

   I understood riding road bikes is really fun.  The reason I bought was simply because of its brand name.  In fact, it was a really great bike and make me ride it everyday.

   But I have to confess that I haven't cycle with my Brompton for the last 1 month.  There is no way for Brompton to compete against road bikes just for cycling certain distances.

   I am thinking of going somewhere out of town with my Brompton ... must be nice