After a long trip I think it's important to make sure everyone is clear -- the thank you cards are in the mail . ...
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Merrow
Merrow
The purpose of this blog is to keep anyone interested, updated about Merrow. In this case it will be just a bit reflectiveThis post is a short excerpt from a letter drafted for the Management at Merrow. __________After traveling for close to two full months i've learned a lot about our business. On ...
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Monday, March 17, 2008
from Firenze
from Firenze
decaf cafe american. that is UHMEHRIH-CAN KAWFYI don’t do this often but sitting next to a table of 7 americans ordering desert in a lovely little spot in florence at 10 odd PM is amusing and i pulled my laptop out. Whereas the chinese tourist orders in a confused way, the uhmehrihcan orders as though ...
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Italian Tubes
Italian Tubes
a system of clogged tubes.The Italians, I maintain, are terrific people. Not the nicest, not the most outgoing.... but terrific.I don’t like midwest nice. Never have. The Italians don’t suffer from the Indiana Accommodation Anxiety. IAA. Defined in degraded centers of learning as a relentless drive ...
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Istanbul
Istanbul
don't have much time -- have taken hundreds of pictures (unfortunately i think there is likely to be a blog post sometime in the not to distant future with the backlog of pics).i leave for milan todaycouple of quick thoughts on istanbul1. the flag is spectacular. was on the bosporus by boat the other ...
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Saturday, March 8, 2008
Merhaba
Merhaba
It is saturday. I am working and this is terrific.One of the differences between travel & working and the alternative (which would be work) is the subtle time shift. The workday becomes something unrecognizable.For instance there is no defacto day-off. If one wants a break one must force it.And ...
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Friday, March 7, 2008
local SIM cards are for crazy people
local SIM cards are for crazy people
The problem with a mobile phone.Or there isn't a problem at all i guess if you don't care about what it costs. I do, and consequently researched phones and local rates before this trip.My strategy: buy a SIM card in each country i visited. In this case egypt, poland, turkey and italy. I looked at the ...
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that nomadic feeling
that nomadic feeling
the last 12 hrs. are lost (aren't they always i guess). In this case i snapped some pictures.the breakfast at the below mentioned hotel this morning was unordinary for two reasons. 1. it was awesome. 2. it was free. rarely do the two lines intersect :i write from the prague airport: ...
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
to walk away from a hotel
to walk away from a hotel
stay away from the Hotel in poland. a caveat for the literal, sleeping outside of the hotel, this is not advised. it is cold in warsaw in march. but if you want a taxi, walk two blocks from the hotel at least, before ordering, or pay 2 times the price. If you want to eat walk 10 feet from the hotel ...
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polish toilets
polish toilets
A polish bathroom starts with a door labeled for everyone but aliens. Only one door however, and despite the excess of options on this one door it is not marked well from a distance. The splitting of handicapped and sex happens once inside after entering a small antechamber. Through this door is a ...
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rare birds
rare birds
Poznan is a simple smallish show. It is not well attended by customers (end users) but full up with exhbitors.If asked 'how is the show' the standard reply would be 'shite, but we must be here and we had a good Presence this year don't you agree?' or 'it's good, good, the show is very good don't you ...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
panhandling in Prague
panhandling in Prague
the travel industry doles out humility as a good barman might beer. This time it was a muck up with the transmission or something with the plane in egypt. So a delay. But the look on the woman's face in Prague when I asked that instead of waiting 24hrs. for the next flight to Berlin i take a plane ...
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
my day in Egypt
my day in Egypt
600 pictures. the 1/2 day off on saturday was my egyptian trip. i’m at the airport, it’s monday morning 2AM -- i’ll be boarding a flight at 3AM to prague and then berlin. From Poland where I arrive tomorrow night i’ll post more. Today was great for business. We met with 4 large egyptian and one syrian ...
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egpyt fair...
egpyt fair...
The industry shifts -- geographically as it has restlessly done for the last 50 years.It is the rule that whole factories close down overnight and reappear in more affordable places. And people in the industry are dulled to this, almost tired, tolerating decades of uncertainty.Turks move to Egypt. ...
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