Tuesday, October 27, 2009

What time is it anyway?

I was in Bangkok the past couple of days. I'm now in Manila. and Thursday I fly to Seoul for a day. In the meantime I'm conducting business in the U.K., and across the U.S. Plus I'm trying to schedule webinars in Polish time on Nov. 2 and in Greece on Nov. 20. I get to talk with my family for 20 minutes a day using Skype, but I can't remember how far ahead/behind they are from me. So I'm afraid I'm going to wake them up.

My brain is tied in a knot of timezones. Someone help!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Travel Then -- Travel Now

How I wish for the days of vacation travel. Before my wife and I got married we traveled a lot. We were both in the travel industry so vendors threw free cruises, airline tickets and hotel nights at us so we could try them out. We had so many offers we had to turn many away. Our first date was to Italy followed by ten's of thousand's of more miles which led us to a family of four.

Unfortunately, I'm still traveling. But it's not the fun kind. It's the business kind. A day here...a day there. Airport after airport. Meeting after meeting. I've blown through every frequent flyer status available this year and still have two big international trips ahead of me.

I long for the days when I can travel to exotic places with my wife again.