One thing to know about me: I’m Dutch, and I have Dutch relatives, and whenever I’m in Europe I try to check in and say hello. So accordingly my trip back from Barcelona routed through Amsterdam. As usual KLM was a great host My first stop whenever in Holland is *always* the Jan Boer bakeryContinue reading “Getting back”
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Working in Barcelona
And so after a few days of being a tourist in Barcelona, I spent a few days being a worker; up with the sun, taxi to the office, work work work, taxi back to the hotel. And dinner. Not that amazing and hence not that blog-worthy. Me, at work. The reception area. I did haveContinue reading “Working in Barcelona”
Full moon over Montjuic
The perfect way to end a day of rambling Barcelona is to have dinner on Montjuic, the hill adjoining the harbor which overlooks the city. Great views of the sunset… This was quite the shot Watching the full moon rise was awesome, and a perfect end to another amazing day. And so once again IContinue reading “Full moon over Montjuic”
Rambling Barcelona
One more day of touring – well, traveling (def: difference between a traveler and a tourist: a traveler doesn’t know what will happen that day) – one more day to see Barcelona. And so I took off on foot for the Sagrada Familia, hoping to see many other things on the way. And I did.Continue reading “Rambling Barcelona”
Work day, play day
Saturday! A pre-designated “work day” though, because rain was in the forecast. And unfortunately the day dawned sunny and bright. But still it was a day on which I must get Stuff Done. I headed upstairs to the rooftop work-atorium. But no. On this day, I needed a flight back from Khazakstan*. Down to theContinue reading “Work day, play day”
Sailing off Barcelona
You visit a Mediterranean city on the water, you have to actually go on the water, right? And so it was on this day … A nice little three-hour cruise at sunset. What could be better? First a nice long ramble down “La Rambla”, to the waterfront … … and after a bit, the extensiveContinue reading “Sailing off Barcelona”
Working while playing
Did I mention my spiffy Barcelona hotel has a nice rooftop cafe? I didn’t huh, well, let me tell you, it does. And so this brings up the interesting question, is it better to work in such an environment, with distractions at every hand, or in a cell, isolated? It’s an interesting question. There wasContinue reading “Working while playing”
On to Barcelona
Como … Florence … Rome … what could be more amazing? How about … Barcelona? Up early, repack, and after a couple of meetings in Rome, it was on to the airport for a short 2 hour jaunt to Barcelona. Yay. Another amazing city! What will happen? Well the first thing that happened was theContinue reading “On to Barcelona”
More Rome-ing
Whoa, another day. In Rome! Amazing. Began with roaming around on foot, and some business meetings. Well that was fun. But then moved into an amazing dinner with colleagues and a customer. Yes we were outside and yes it did rain a little, and yes we got a little wet. But wow was it worthContinue reading “More Rome-ing”
Roaming Rome
Wow, what a day…. But wait? It’s not over yet … After a nice dinner – yep, people eat late around here … hmmm? Should I Rome some more? The answer of course was of course! I decided to take a taxi for a tour! Hey Mr Taxi driver, show me your city. And heContinue reading “Roaming Rome”
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