Last Europe Trip
Thursday, June 23rd, 2005OK, so I’ve been home for almost 2 weeks now and have not posted any pics or updated you on my journey to Germany and Switzerland. Well it was another adventure. I’ll start off by telling you that I had to set up my filght to meet a coworker in Zurich. She was comming from Ireland, and I from San Fran. In order to meet at the same time I had to make 2 connections along the way, 1 in New York and Paris. Well JFK is under construction and not easy to get around or find your terminal, but I did manage to remember how to navigate thru and find my terminal, which to my supprise I found out I was the last passenger to board, and latter found out from Scott theat the flight left early?! Well I slept all the way to Paris, and had a very difficult time finding/getting to my terminal . The people at the airport were very unhelpful. But I did make it safely to Zurich on time, but that was more than I could say for my luggage. My baggage did not arrive with me on my flight or the next flight. So off I went to my quality Summit with what I was wearing. We did find a Wal-Mart, yes in the middle of a small German village of 30,000 there was a Wal-Mart, where I bought a snappy little outfit. Everybody at work had a good laugh at the idea of me buying clothes at Wal-Mart. I was hoping this was not an omen of how the week was going to go, thankfully it was not. The next day Dennise and I set out on our adverture to Neuschwanstein Castle. This is the castle Disney was made to resemble.
We were not able to make it inside due to lack of time. Maybe next time. The summit went on with out any issues. It was held at a beautiful golf and wellness resort Oschberghof. The summit went very well. My director did offer me a new position and promotion, which after the talks yesterday, will be very good. I’ll keep everybody updated as things progress.
After the summit, I spent a day in Zurich on my own. It is a beautiful city.
I did make it to Fraumunster Cathedral to see the Chagall stained glass. I sset out walking around and got lost as usuall. After about 2 hours of wandering I ended up at Lake Zurich. At that time I did not care I was lost, there was a beautiful park that was perfect for a rest. I then consulted my map and plotted a course back to my hotel. I ended walking around for about 4 hours. I now feel I coul be a taxi driver there. The next day I flew back with no tales to tell except I had nobody sitting next to me the whole trip. Makes for great sleeping.
Well for now I will be in the states until our cruise. After that my director hinted to me that the next summit will be in October. I think it might be in the northern part of Gremany. Looks like I might become the world traveler.