Some Paris trip info
Tags :Conferences
Sorry for the gap in time and lack of posts,
but I took a much needed vacation while in Europe and was busy talking
to attendees while actually at the conference. We managed to cover
a few countries while there and explore places randomly and with no time
constraints. What a wonderful change from the everyday work life.
The ability to pull over and take in a sight or simply keep driving
and not worry what time we would arrive was better than the fresh air we
found along the sea. I did not fire up the laptop, I carry no BlackBerry
and did not have a cell phone that worked while there. So not only
were we totally disconnected, we for some days, really no had destination
in mind and picked hotels by driving around the city we were in. We
did get lucky enough to find a hotel in one city that had a checkout time
as late as 2pm. Without even having to request or have card status
to do so.
I think to get back in the swing a little info on where our travels took
me would help me wind back up into work mode. Admin2004
Europe left us in Paris for
a week eating some wonderful food along the way too.
- Moroccan
- Thai (more than once)
- some attempted serving of what they considered American food
- plenty of pizza
- plenty of pasta
- even some things I still cannot identify
Our travels after did take me along the coast of France and then into Italy. We made my all around both countries finding that traffic does move quite well along the Autostrada, even with the numerous tolls that pop up in some places. I did find it disheartening that the US dollar took a huge nose dive while I was there. It made the lovely conversions a bit harder to swallow sometimes. But that is the chance you take overseas.
So to sum it all up, there was no amount of negative encountered that could take away from everything we gained on this trip.
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On Friday, December 10th, 2004 by Chris Miller
