Reid "cracks open a cold one" and sneaks up behind Joe. Let the fun begin!

People circle round for a short speach by the Director General.

The whole Michigan/Washington contingent at the Open Day volunteer party studiously listens as the Director General speaks, or at least Li does.

Guocai enjoys himself in the Globe's ground floor.

I should have snatched a 50th Anniversary balloon. Large format posters tauting and explaining CERN's accomplishments lined the wall up the spiral ramp.

Reid, Joe, Reza, and Guocai in the middle of the ground floor of the Globe.

Why did I include this picture? I don't have a clue.

Yes, please keep the bubbly beverages and salmon layered bread bowls coming. Thank you. My fingers [i]bled[/i] for this chance to wrap themselves around a frosty beverage, so the beverages better be really frosty and really plentiful.

What is Reza up to? That is the eternal question. The woman with the flowers was the organizer of CERN Open Day.

Like Where's Waldo, but much easier; Reza mills about in the crowd while I wander off.

The appex of this [url=http://info.web.cern.ch/Globe/GlobeSite/]"innovative" globe[/url]. It is made entirely of Swiss wood and formerly resided in Neuchâtel as Palais de l'Equilibre for EXPO '02.

The snack tables must be defended from all directions, including from above.

A man sits at a nice viewpoint at the top of the stairs overlooking the first top floor. It's the spot from which the last picture was taken.

Lingering on the ground floor as things wind down.