Mission: San Juan Capistrano

(ABOVE LEFT) People making the pilgrimage to Mission San Juan Capistrano¹
(ABOVE RIGHT) nibot begins trolling for a wireless connection shortly after disembarking his train.
(BELOW) Closer view of the cross in the background of the previous pictures.



   So as you should know by now I'm currently located in Mission Viejo. This means "Old Mission" in English (or probably "old monastery" or something since "mission" is a spanish word as well). Incidentally there is not and never has been a mission located in Mission Viejo, to my knowledge. The nearest one is in neighbouring San Juan Capistrano.
   Anyway, nibot took the train in to San Juan Capistrano today from his secret labs in San Diego (I picture the facility looking like the Black Mesa facility in Half-life), se we all went to retrieve him and while we were there ate at the excellent Pedro's Tacos.
   As pictured above, he couldn't resist looking for a wireless connection for long.

   Also today I worked at the yarn place for a short bit. Later I learned that the husband of the Swedish outgoing store manager, with whom I've had several brief interchanges with in Swedish, but never in English, is actually American. I suppose that explains why he was always reluctant to get into a real conversation with me in Swedish.


¹No they're not really making a pilgrimage, I think they're lined up to see a concert. Also note that parts of the mission have been badly damaged by earthquakes.