I'm not there yet but as of tomorrow I will be in the States for several weeks. The plan is: first a few days in San Francisco, then hiking and camping in the Crater Lake National Park for about a week and a half, then back to San Francisco for the last few days. So this diary will enter a period of radio silence but expect some pictures and some rambling about my rambling when I get back.
 The photo above is one of the last I took on my visit last year (as described in my recent entry of 21st. June). It shows the view across a vacant lot in the North Beach area of SF looking towards the downtown district.