Travel In The USA - Microsoft Campus

Microsoft Campus is a set of complexes covered by the forest in Redmond,WA. The competition Windows Embedded Student Challenge(WESC)was held in the The Microsoft Conference Center From July 22-24. I dare say Microsoft Campus is cool. I'd love it!

the Microsoft Logo in the campus entrance

office buildings





Microsoft Conference Center

inside the center -- crystal steles



inside the center -- the art gallery

inside the center -- a sector of the Berlin Wall

inside the center -- Microsoft's tradition ( abundant soft drinks)

play yield

Travel In The USA - Arrival

July 21,2006, After half a year's hard work, we, four students from Nanjing University in China were admitted to take part in the global finals of Microsoft Windows Embedded Student Challenge and IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition. We had prepared for this moment for a long time though we hadn't expected it.
The following series of photos were taken during our stay in the U.S.

We started our journey from Shanghai to the first destination Seattle with a stop in San Francisco.

Pudong Int'l Airport In Shanghai














SFO Airport In The Bay Area

Mount Shasta, California
One of the largest and highest of the Cascade volcanoes

Lake Crater, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States

Mount St. Helens, Washington
I think most people remember the eruption in the 1980s.

Mount Rainier, Washington
A symbol of the wild Northwest

Our residence Westin Bellevue

The room

Downtown Bellevue Street Sights
Bellevue at the east bank of Lake Washington is a mini-size city (according to Chinese standard)between Seattle and Redmond.