All in all, day 3 was a pretty slow one. No real camera play time today with meetings and presentations all day, but... [insert drum roll or parting clouds music here]... THE LUGGAGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED! The front desk called at 12:45 in the morning to let me know the good news. I'm completely stoked to have my own stuff back; it's kinda like getting your security blanket back. No, I don't have a blue blanky I still cling to - it's just a metaphor. In a sense, it was just a little sad to get it back. I think a small part of me was bummed to see that part of the adventure come to an end. It was kind of like I was in an episode of Man vs. Wild... except I was still eating well... and I had a sweet hotel room with all the comforts of home... and I could go shopping for whatever I needed... okay, maybe more like Man vs. Slight Inconvenience. Anyway, for lunch we went to this 7 story mall near the hotel, and the top two floors were packed with anything and everything you could possibly ever want related to food. Seriously, it made Central Market/HEB/Whole Foods look like mom and pop convenience stores. I picked out all the ingredients for my pasta sauce and they cooked it up right there in front of me.

Here's what the seating area looked like... in the "food court".

Take that, Liberty Bell. No cracks... and made entirely of chocolate.

I met these guys on the way back from lunch. I'm trying to look very European with the glasses.

Just a typical street corner near the hotel.

More images to come tomorrow when I head over to see The Wall and the more historic east side of the city.