I’m back at work this week and with a vengeance: a six week engagement in London. The customer’s adjacent to Paddington station so I’m taking the train up via Reading. So far this has been pretty painless with trains on time and even getting a seat except on the section from Reading in to London. This morning the passengers were an odd mix of the normal suited commuters and the (Wellington) booted Reading Festival goers. The only slight annoyance has been that, so far, my 6:30 start in the morning has seen me getting up before Emma.
Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Back to Work
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Tour of Britain
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
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Out to play
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
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RHS Wisley
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007WSTC Day 5
Friday, April 27th, 2007I’m sat at McCarran International airport now and can’t wait to get home. I’m so tired now that I may even sleep on the plane (something that I can’t usually manage). There were two slots this morning and I went along to hear what the Distinguished Engineers had to say on the subjects of SOA and ESB. Rob High (SOA Foundation Chief Architect) was presenting on SOA Advanced Technology – Today and Tomorrow and Kyle Brown (SOA and Emerging Technologies) covered ESB Best Practices. The latter provided some excellent advice on getting started, designing and implementing an ESB. Hopefully this will make it out as a whitepaper or developerWorks article.
Vegas (again)
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007I followed in Andy’s footsteps today, getting the 10 hour flight from Gatwick to Las Vegas for the annual IBM WebSphere Software Service gathering. With only just over 3 weeks until B-day I’m trying to minimise my time out of the country but it means I don’t have much time to recover from the flight before launching in to the technical sessions tomorrow morning. The buffet dinner this evening was a good chance to catch up with some of my colleagues from around Europe and further afield that I have worked with over the past year.
Persian dining in Düsseldorf
Friday, April 20th, 2007I’ve spent the last two day’s in the German city of Düsseldorf. Sadly I didn’t see much more of the city than the view through the window of the taxi going to and from the airport. We did, however, eat out at a very nice Persian restaurant in the city centre on Thursday night. Of the four of us, I was the odd one out when it came to deciphering the menu. Two of my companions were native German speakers and the third, an American, could read pharsee. As well as being able to give excellent advice on menu choices, I’m sure his banter with the waitress also helped with the service.
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