Gave a talk at UC Davis on wednsday, which went well. Davis is an interesting town. I'd heard before that there were a lot of bicycles there, but i wasn't quite prepared for the reality. There are bikes parked everywhere, and it isn't even during the school year. There must be thousands and thousands of them. There are many of them on the street and the streets are all generous and wide. Furthermore bikes are a popular topic of conversation... When we asked for directions the person we asked couldn't stop raving about how cool peter's bike was, and when i waited for a train coming back there were people discussing what sort of things joining the handlebars to the frame Schwinn was making in the 60's when they made this one particular model...

Speaking of waiting for the train, on the way back it took several hours because of an accident on the track. The girl next to me complained the the trains were better when she lived in Siberia a decade ago...