I’ve combined my year end list of travel destinations (previously: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). Last winter, I travelled to the Bay Area several times for interviews. I stayed in a few different towns (Sunnyvale, San Jose), but for simplicity I only included San Francisco. I also drove across the country again, which explains the stops in Laramie, Salt Lake City, and Reno. In June I returned to Northfield for Reunion, and I visited Chicago with Divya in October. My only international travel was to Istanbul for VLDB, which was awesome. Istanbul reminded me somewhat of Budapest with more Arab/Islamic influence, and it’s definitely a place I would like to return.

• Omaha, NE*
• Ithaca, NY*
• San Francisco, CA*
• Mountain View, CA*
• Laramie, WY
• Salt Lake City, UT
• Reno, NV
• Northfield, MN
• Salem, OR
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Chicago, IL

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