Wisetrips Travel Blog

While home during the Coronavirus quarantine, I decided to practice windsurfing jibing on land. I found the following YouTube video extremely helpful for practicing jibing at home. Carve Jibing Steps Look around to make sure the jibbing area is clear Move the backhand farther toward the clew Unhook from the harness and use your hips to maintain speed (do not…

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, I could no longer play tennis at the Sunnyvale Tennis Center. I purchased Billie Jean King's Eye Coach  to maintain my tennis skills.  Florian Meyer had a $20 discount on this device, so I could purchase it for $145. Florian also offers bonus Eye Coach training videos here: https://content.onlinetennisinstructio…

On Friday, March 6, I started to feel flu symptoms, with an intense headache persisting through Saturday, March 7, and Sunday, Mach 8. I had trouble sleeping and a persistent dry cough. I decided to work from home to avoid infecting anyone at work. I had the usual flu symptoms, which decreased after about a week of home rest (I also had a runny nose). On Monday, March 15, of the following week, when I was already planning to r…

Being a junior at Bellarmine College Prep , Alex wanted to explore Santa Clara University  as a possible college for engineering or finance. He registered for a 9:00am tour on February 29 (leap day)! We arrived on time, parking in the garage near the Stephen C. Schott Admission building. Once registered, we were seated in a large conference room where Randy Wang , the undergraduate …

For Inna's Birthday dinner, I made reservations at Evvia - one of our favorite Palo Alto restaurants. Our dinner started with two glasses of sparkling wine and "Tzatziki & Pita." We also ordered some freshly picked crimini mushrooms. The mushrooms were incredibly delicious and one of our all-time favorites. Being conservative, I ordered "Moussaka" …

Since Alex, a junior in high school, will be graduating from Bellarmine College Prep next year, we decided to tour well-respected colleges and universities in Southern California that he is considering applying to. Our plan was as follows: Date College / Activity Tour Time Hotel Location Feb 15…