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+The story continues at DecemberBlog
+
 == Bernie's brain backup for November 2007 ==
 
+=== Thu 22nd ===
+
+==== Thanksgiving ====
+
+My friend and colleague DjbClark invited me at his parents'
+house for thanksgiving.  It was a new, pleasing experience for me.
+
+My impression is that it is a family reunion very much like
+a second Christmas, but without the inconvenience of presents :-)
+
+http://www.bigoven.com/images/blog/tgiv/tradmenu.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+=== Sat 17th ===
+
+==== Yummy photos ====
+
+DaSnake uploaded some pictures of the places we visited together on Flickr:
+
+ * BostonCity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603205244949/
+ * NewYorkCity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603203628915/
+ * ChicagoCity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603198958510/
+ * OneLaptopPerChild: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasnake/sets/72157603203191269/
+
+=== Wed 14th to Thu 15th ===
+
+==== Back to Boston ====
+
+I'm back in Boston with DaSnake.  He's been my guest for just one day.
+Then he had to be back in FNAL for the shifts.
+
+I really had urgent business at work, so I left my friend alone sightseeing Boston for the day.
+
+http://www.radisson.com/rad/images/hotels/MABOSTON/loc3_450.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+=== Mon 12th to Tue 13th ===
+
+==== Back to NYC ====
+
+Flought Went to NewYorkCity with DaSnake.  Finally got to visit the
+AmericanMuseumOfNaturalHistory.  Pretty impressive!
+
+http://www.iesny.org/images/OCEANLIFE.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+http://www.rdominis.net/newyork/dinasaur01.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
 === Fri 9th to Sun 11th ===
 
 ==== An old friend ====
 
-One dayh my old friend DaSnake showed up on IRC and told me he's
+A few days ago, my old friend DaSnake appeared on IRC and told me he's
 was an intern at FermiLab National Accelerator, near ChicagoCity.
 I told him I was at OneLaptopPerChild, in CambridgeCity.
 
@@ -21,6 +76,8 @@ animals.  Indeed, a very pretty natural park.
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/94-0470-09.jpg
 
+//(stock photo)//
+
 On Saturday, I took a bike and rode on the bike path to the main
 laboratory buildings.  I took a guided site tour, starting from the
 museum.  They have lots of real-scale models of the accelerator parts
@@ -31,6 +88,12 @@ and Mazinger's atomic base.
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/99-0005-04.jpg
 
+//(stock photo)//
+
+ Q: ma cos'è tutta questa neve:è una cartolina? E tutti questi uccelli?
+
+ A: e' una foto presa a caso dagli archivi del FNAL :-)
+
 Then... WAH!  They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]!
 The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration
 that produces protons for the MainInjector.  It was like entering an old
@@ -41,6 +104,8 @@ this long corridor next to me.
 
 http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/93-0073.jpg
 
+//(stock photo)//
+
 Finally, we visited the MainControlRoom, from which they run the whole thing.
 The room looks like the bridge of an old starship, surrounded by monitors,
 with a bigger chair in the middle for the captain.
@@ -53,3 +118,17 @@ FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world:
  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevatron
 
 To beat this place, next time I shall visit the NCC-1701A!
+
+
+==== Chicago By Night ====
+
+Yesterday we went to ChicagoCity's downtown.  Wow... I was told the skyline was really
+magnificent, but the real thing exceeded all my expectations.
+
+http://allthingsgo.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/images-chicago-2005-chicago-by-night-2-700x700.jpg
+
+//(stock photo)//
+
+We walked around a little, then went up the
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Center | John Hancock Center]],
+the third tallest skyscraper, for a breathtaking view of the whole city by night.