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    30 January

    In Davos for the World Economic Forum, Part III

    As an attendee said over dinner last night, being at this conference is like being in an International train station where famous personalities keep passing you by getting in and off the train. I watched Bill Clinton give a great speech yesterday on the stage; best I have heard so far at this conference. As if that wasn't enough to make my day, we kept running to admired and famous personalities for the rest of the day.
     
    Walking to the Time Magazine party in the evening, we heard someone call out Robert's name and when we turned around, we saw Mark Zuckerburg, Founder of Facebook approaching us. He walked with us to the party and I had a chance to tell him personally how much I love Facebook :) Mark looks younger in person than I had imagined and he is so down to earth and easy to talk to. His eyes burn bright with intelligence though. I really enjoyed speaking with him.
     
    Of course since we were standing next to him at the party, other famous personalities kept walking up to us as well. We met Peter Gabriel, one of my favorite musicians, Jet Li, and Jimmy Wales, Mr. Wikipedia in a matter of minutes at the party. I asked Jimmw Wales to take a picture of me and Robert with Peter Gabriel. What a high!
     
    Later in the evening we had a chance to talk to the president of Green Peace International and he spoke about his concerns about our changing climate. It truly was an incredible evening.
     
    I've spent today walking in the streets with Robert's aunt who is visiting us from Germany and we had a chance to visit Kirchner's art musuem here in Davos. His work, due to its modern nature was banned in Hitler Germany and he was exiled to Switzerland. His art and sculptures are quite beautiful and it is sad that he was driven to suicide due to his despair after his work was confiscated and banned in Germany.
     
    I feel that I have gained few IQ points just being here this week. It has been an incredible journey.

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