I went to Emeryville, it is by Oakland in Alameda County with considerably less violence.

While there I bought Afghan style hot chicken curry,

and a macadamia nut cookie for dessert,

then I browsed the map section of Barnes & Noble,

but I did not get a map because there was not an Australia map there.

I did, however, get a Nook reader once I figured out I can use it to do internet searches and post on forums from Paris,

and my hotel room in Paris comes with WiFi.
