Travel

admin on July 1st, 2010
shes-off-again

Well, it looks like my days in Hamburg are numbered! I moved here last Spring, mumbling ‘I’m so not going to move again in the near future’ as I carried my boxes down the driveway to my house. Well, with the announcement that all management functions in my company are being centralised in Geneva, it [...]

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Today, I went on my first post op adventure: A walk to the 7-11 about 200m down the road to buy a few bits and bobs. It was nice to be out and about and it was fun to see what is in Thai shops (I love seeing those basic things when I travel!) But [...]

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admin on February 15th, 2010
paris-in-the-sun

I love Paris in the sun, especially the spring sun which Paris is so famous for. I’m visiting that city of lights at the moment, enjoying a few more meetings with the management (they’re over here this week, after meeting them over there last week!!!) I’m camped at the desk I used to have when [...]

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admin on January 26th, 2010
hows-this-for-romantic

This week-end, my sweet girlfriend flew over from the UK for a week-end at my place in Hamburg. It’s always so wonderful when we can spend some time together and I relish every second I can spend with her. We had a lovely time, doing little bar talking and eating foods we like. It was [...]

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admin on December 19th, 2009
a-fun-day-not

Well, that was an interesting Friday! Since my ex is going on holiday to visit her parents, I need to go down to Geneva and pick up my little cat, Vilma. I’d planned to do that the last time I was there, three weeks ago, but couldn’t since my boss surprised us all with a [...]

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admin on October 25th, 2008

Grenoble’s pretty old town area has a little haven which a lot of people don’t find: Place de Gourdes. It’s a little square behind the church and just off the Jardin de Ville. Amongst the restaurants on this sweet square, full of people eating and drinking outside in the summer, is Le Mix, which is [...]

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admin on September 1st, 2008

As you may have guessed, I spend far too much of my life in airports and in planes (in fact should you ever write me a letter, just address it to “Emily, The tall one asleep in 4F, Lufthansa”!) Now, one of the almost daily routines is the moment when the security guard looks dubiously [...]

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admin on August 29th, 2008

Air Berlin is a budget airline in Germany (I know… The ‘Berlin’ just gives it away!) It’s an airline I normally avoid for leg-space issues, but now I have another reason to avoid them: They’re the only airline I know which offers its passengers porn. It’s ‘only’ Playboy, which we all know the guys only [...]

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admin on August 5th, 2008

I travel quite a bit with my work and not being on the short side (OK, 1m84 is more on the too tall side) I don’t find economy class all that comfortable. If I can cross my legs, I consider that good leg space and whilst that’s not an all too common occurrence, it does [...]

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admin on April 13th, 2008

I’ve not lived in the UK for a loooooong time now and until recently, I hadn’t even visited for several years. Well, this changed a few weeks ago when I went back to do some presentations to some customers and partners. It really was rather fun to be back and gosh, I do miss those [...]

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