Denver is a strange place

Today I explored a bit of Denver. It's actually a very nice place. At the moment it's a bit cold, but it wasn't snowing or raining and sometimes the sun came out, so not to bad to walk.

For me, Denver has two faces. You've the nice looking (and big) buildings. But if you look the other side (or in some alleys) you'll see the other face of Denver; some places are rather old.

Another thing that took my attention: the smoke out of the ground! What's happening there? Does Denver have lava streams? Are they making some cookies under the ground? Strange ;-)


There's a nice street called 16th Street. On that street there're a lot of shops, bars and places where you can have some food. Also Denver is getting ready to receive Collaborate 08! In the streets you see the signs for the Oracle conference.


Although you can only register from Sunday onwards I had a quick look where the conference is going to be held. In fact I thought it was in the Hyatt hotel, but it's just across the hotel, in the Convention Center. It's a big place! Very nice... even the bears like it ;-)



The first day in Denver was nice. Although to give you another anecdote why I think Denver is a strange place. I asked the way to the Apple Store, which is located in Cherry Creek Mall. I was told it took about 20 minutes to walk there (from 16th Street)... yeah right! After 45 minutes I decided to go into a shop to ask where that mall was. The answer: "oh that's too far, although if you're in good shape you can get there in 30 minutes or you can take the bus". I was waiting for the bus and when it finally arrived I said I want to go to the shopping center. The bus driver told me he didn't go that way of course! I decided to walk a bit further and after 2hours and 45minutes I finally arrived. The shopping center itself was nice. As my feed were hurting, I took a taxi to go back and after 10 minutes I already arrived in the hotel.

Arrived in Denver

After a long and tiring flight I finally arrived in Denver. The flight from Brussels to London wasn't to bad, but in London I had to wait a long time.

The plane itself wasn't as nice as two weeks ago. I couldn't chose my own video, instead you get channels where movies are played in a loop. I guess I get to used to the "good" life ;-)

As we had a delay of 3 hours it was already 10 o'clock at night in Denver. It looks like the city is still awake, but I'm to tired to go out.


I'm staying in the Hyatt hotel. This is the hotel where Collaborate08 is going to be held in the next days. The Hyatt looks nice, although I didn't have time to explore all yet. But the pictures are promising.