I am preparing for my trip to Europe over Christmas and New Year's. Two weeks split in some way between Hannover, Berlin, and Vienna. I'm realizing that I'm starting to get excited about it. I'll have the chance to see three of my best friends; Alexandra (Alex), Oliver (Ollie), and Bernhard (Berni). All three have had real impacts on me, mostly for the better, although some for the worse. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to zip over to Nancy and see my sister, but I'm not counting on that (I'll be in France enough this year).
Although my job will bring me to Europe often (I have several trips scheduled for next year), I've noticed (as have others first) that all you see on business trips are the 'finest hotels, airports, and conference rooms in the world.' You would think that you would enjoy fine dining, new cities, and free drinks, and you do, to some extent. What most people don't talk about is the endless hours of working, e-mailing, talking about work or planning work or calling people to set up meetings about work...you never get to enjoy the location, you're always busy.
So this trip to Europe, being all pleasure, is something I've been needing for a while. Thanksgiving was a lot of work with some rest, this is full-time no responsibilities. My goal is at least three stories out of this trip, preferably with no visits to the police station.
Talk to you for sure in two weeks, but maybe a little sooner.
Farewell Reader, have a good day.
Hussman
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