I arrived in Luxembourg yesterday afternoon (local time) – cold and snowy in Europe already.  The flight from Chicago to Munich was delayed by several hours due to the snow in Europe.  I neglected to pack my power adapters so had to buy new ones here – the walk to the bus stop was on snowy, icey sidewalks – winter is here for sure…

Elton John was in town last night and his conference was only a few blocks from the hotel.  I’m not a huge fan of his, but do enjoy his music.  I thought (briefly) about seeing if I could get a ticket, but the bed in my hotel room looked much too inviting after 15 hours on airplanes and in airports…

I’ve got my first picture to share with all of you – can anyone guess what it is?  I hope to have a ‘better’ picture of it later on in the conference…

Click on the picture thumbnail to see a full-size version of it…

(Update: 05DEC10 – Both David and Brian are correct – this is a “Space Elevator (Kit) in a box”, produced by Lego of Japan.  The white straps are the elevator tether / tape that the climbers run up and down on…  No instructions came with it, so no one has been brave enough yet to try and put it together.  However, Akira Tsuchida is supposed to be here today, so maybe he can give us some guidance.)