Opening Days - 5 July through 7 July
I took lots and lots of pictures from the opening days when we had a bunch of planned activities.

Jon and Ken, 7 July 2003. Posted 25 September 2003. Me and Ken, from Ken's camera.

Satoko-san, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Prior to the opening ceremonies, all the Nationalities were photographed as a group. Satoko-san carried the flag for Japan.

Allison, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Allison carried the flag for Canada.

Jon, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Jon carried the flag for the US. There are two Jonathans and a Jon in our group. A few Hugos too, multiple Jones and Erics.

Americans and Australians, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Americans and Australians posing together … David, me, Avery, Johanna, Mark, Samantha. Samantha went to Purdue. Cool.

The Australian Party – The Vegemite Series, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Where would the Aussies be without vegemite?

Vegemite on Grass – The Vegemite Series, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Part of a revolution in modern photography – The Vegemite Series.

Vegemite on Flag – The Vegemite Series, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. I think we’d get in trouble for this, but Australia is a little different regarding their flag.

Yuki and his Space Tie, 7 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Yuki is Japanese and American, or American and Japanese. He has a space tie.

 

On the Ill, 6 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Cruising along the Ill – we thought we were all getting heatstroke. We were feeling very scheduled.

Ayodele on the Ill, 6 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Ayodele, from Nigeria, is experiencing his first time outside of his country.

Petite France, 6 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. On our boat tour, we went through the old part of Strasbourg.

European Commission, 6 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. On our boat tour, we also went through the European Parliament area.

Night Life, 6 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. After the intro at the ISU, we went to a Cellar for a few refreshments. Here’s Katrina with me, playing the role of the Japanese tourist.

 

Irish pub, 5 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. Hanging with the Japanese and Avery at the Irish pub. This was supposed to be a meeting for the Japanese group but that got delayed.

Avery and Ken, 5 July 2003. Posted 13 July 2003. The other honkie hangin' with the Japanese at the Irish pub.