Road Warrior, NL edition
After two week of bench/training time, my next assignment has me traveling to the Netherlands for four weeks. The first week will be all over the place - arriving in Amsterdam on Sunday, then working there Monday. 2 days in Eindhoven at the customer site, then 2 days at their other, main, site near Den Haag. I write this from the Austin airport President's Club. Austin - Houston - Amsterdam; 14 hours in transit.
I take this trip with somewhat mixed emotions. Springtime weather is approaching here in Austin, and as I pack my hat and my gloves and buy a few sweaters on drastic markdown, the sun is out and its a glorious 70 degree day. Talk about cognitive dissonance. The 10 day outlook for Amsterdam doesn't have anything above 50 degrees, and is highlighted by rain. Be careful what you ask for, indeed.
I wasn't too clever with planning this trip. This weekend is Karneval [mardi gras] in Cologne, and Timon and his crew are already out there having a good time. Had I been smart, I would have left for Cologne on Thursday, and set expectations to be in NL by train on Monday. I needed the time at home to get ready, however, so I suppose it works out. That time would have been on my own nickel anyway, and these days that's a little rough.
Franz is already planning a trip to visit as well, so that should be enjoyable. And hopefully I can do a few things on the weekends as well. Shahzad is in Madrid at the moment, and I could probably find a place to crash in London. I've sent emails to that effect already. Of course the last weekend in February is Starkbierfest which should be a blast as well. Now that I think about it, I'm going to be hustling all over the place for 4 weeks.
I take this trip with somewhat mixed emotions. Springtime weather is approaching here in Austin, and as I pack my hat and my gloves and buy a few sweaters on drastic markdown, the sun is out and its a glorious 70 degree day. Talk about cognitive dissonance. The 10 day outlook for Amsterdam doesn't have anything above 50 degrees, and is highlighted by rain. Be careful what you ask for, indeed.
I wasn't too clever with planning this trip. This weekend is Karneval [mardi gras] in Cologne, and Timon and his crew are already out there having a good time. Had I been smart, I would have left for Cologne on Thursday, and set expectations to be in NL by train on Monday. I needed the time at home to get ready, however, so I suppose it works out. That time would have been on my own nickel anyway, and these days that's a little rough.
Franz is already planning a trip to visit as well, so that should be enjoyable. And hopefully I can do a few things on the weekends as well. Shahzad is in Madrid at the moment, and I could probably find a place to crash in London. I've sent emails to that effect already. Of course the last weekend in February is Starkbierfest which should be a blast as well. Now that I think about it, I'm going to be hustling all over the place for 4 weeks.
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