More miscellaneous notes:
-- In New York, it seems like the emergency crew have always something to do. When I stroll the city, I can't walk three blocks without hearing (and usually seeing) an emergency vehicle with sirens on. The police, the ambulance, the firefighters. This applies anywhere in the city.
-- There's no tram system in New York! Surprising.
-- Last Sunday, it was my
name day in Finland. Apparently, the concept does not even exist in USA. Various European countries have it, but with different conventions.
-- When people wish me "have a nice day", I usually reply with "thanks. You too". This often seems to result in chuckles. It may be a Finnishism (in Finnish we wish the same back), but I still wonder why it is reacted to that way.
Today, I went to Yorktown Heights for the first day of the ICWE conference.
-- It's in the middle of nowhere. You take a look around the building and everywhere there's just woods, forest and trees.
-- Taxi service was rather nice. I've been here for a week and it was the first time I tipped for something. I have been explicitly avoiding places where I would have to tip.
---- I went to the nearest MTA station by a train first.