It’s been tough to get back to sleep, and needing to be on a phone conference late in the afternoon Seattle time did not help matters. I had a look out the window of my rather swanky hotel room, while wearing a very plush robe and saw this. Yep, the sky has a little light at 1:15 in the morning (the camera does not show…
While you can’t go home…
I awoke with a start to a very vivid and somewhat disturbing nightmare. It’s rare that I recall what I dream about, actually very rare and that this was so vivid tonight. And after waking it took me a few seconds to adjust to the fact I’m in a strange hotel room, it’s past midnight local time and I’m on the second day-is-the–worst jet lag….
Linkoping, that’s just fun to say…
After work today we went for a visit to one of those places that I’m pretty sure most people have visit at some time on a school trip. An area of Linkoping that’s called Gamia, it’s a collection of old houses and the Scandinavian version of the sort of turn of the century (19th to 20th that is) feel good tourist attraction that’s sold to…
A quick wander around Linkoping…
Last night before bed I went for a wander around the town center. The rather good hotel is right in the middle of a very pretty town center, it’s a very attractive place. It’s a small town and I suspect it’s not a place on too many tourist itineraries, but has a lot going on. If it were not for work travel I’d never see…
Now I understand…
I picked up my rental car at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm and and had about a three hour drive to Linkoping. I got a very nice complementary upgrade to a fast Mercedes. To see how good it was it really needed something other than motorway, so I had the satnav take me the final 30 kilometres the scenic route, that had the additional bonus of…
Chicago O’Hare
Two long flights today, Seattle to Chicago, which of course ran late which led to a full on run from one terminal to another across that outer ring of hell known as ORD. It could not be easy, but I made it with a few minutes to spare. While waiting to board I saw this. A lone passenger waiting with the window behind him dominated…
Here is the Barcelona thingie
Barcelona in the book and Vettel has made it four wins out of five this season, a dominance reminiscent of Schumacher at is best. Today he did not have it all his own way and worked hard to fight off a great effort by Lewis Hamilton. Clearly the Red Bull is the class of the field, but McLaren can be encouraged by their showing and…
Not the Spanish GP…
There was going to a wonderful in depth look at a fascinating Spanish GP with a couple of very acute observations in to the strengths of the Red Bull and Vetter, and where Hamilton may have a chance. There still might be (it’s a long flight), but right now I’m going to talk about something else. I’m going to touch on the feeling of being…
Sounders 1 – Kansas City 0
They left it late, and despite having a majority of the possession never really looked like much of a threat for most of the evening. Alonso had a great strike go over the bar in the first half and that was really about it until deep into injury time. Despite not really making Nielson in the KC goal work too hard tonight Seattle came away…
Ending with a couple of really good IPA’s
Friday turned into a very long and rather brutal day. It ended on a high note and I’ll get to that. First was another visit to the doctors to run a few tests, I keep getting told nothing to be concerned with, but it’s my third visit this week and I believe James when he tells me that, but three times? Then to the chaos…