One more night in Warsaw. I really like this town and its people. Today was super busy. Met with media in the morning, then had some great meetings and a talk at Warsaw University, then two sets of roundtables with the local IBM Crowd.
Then back for a quick dinner and 3/4more of a day of meetings. I’m really exhausted.. but happy.. Hope to come back here soon !
more tomorrow
nite all, nite sam
-me
Happy St. Patty’s day everyone.. They say everyone is Irsih today.. and I’m feeling Irish.. even in Poland.
I’m here at the IBM forum in Warsaw.. my talk winet pretty well today.. I met a ton of nice folks.. Ibmers and clients.. a good day
exciting events.. I’m guess about 800 folks.. .. lots of cool talks.. and realllllllllly amazing lighting and music !
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after client meetings, i had some meetings with the press.. then headed to the Polish-Japanese Institute of Technology fror a talk…and a meeting with the faculty. A great place for Big Data research. Hope we can get soem joint projects going with them.
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Then back to the hotel for a few hours of work meetings.. then a great dinner in Warsaw old town.. It was one of the guys parents restaurant.. really great.. food and liter size beers ! (only had room for 1 !)
OK.. time for bed.. Happy st patty’s everyone !
nite all. nite sam !
-me
Greetings from Warsaw, so far I like it.. the people are nice and the city is pretty in an early spring overcast kind of way…
the flight over was long and uneventful.. i worked the whole wy. My friend karolina and her family were here waiting at the airport when I arrives. Nice to see a friendly face !
Karolina dorpped me at the hotes.. I got a nap in then went out for a run to explore the city
It’s charming in the way that eastern European capitals are.. lots of cool old buildings.. lots of very new stuff.. lots of public art..
Around 7 I met up with my colleagues for dinner.. It was quite a international group.. we had Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada , Slovenia and USA
I had pirogi’s in the interest of authenticity.. they were yummy !
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now I gotta get soem sleep.. More from here tomorrow..
for now..
nite all, nite sam
-me
it’s the ides of march.. the day made famous by Julius Caesar’s assasination.. While it was bad luck for him… the Ides of March (i’ve just read) was a celebration of Jupiter and several other less major deities that was “… enthusiastically celebrated among the common people with picnics, drinking, and revelry. ”
I’m doing my part by drinking brandy in a Lufthansa lounge on my way to Warsaw poland.. .. I toast you Ceasar, Brutus, and all the other folks caught up on that fateful day in 44 BCE. .. I hope that you’ve worked out your Karmic issues over the years and are now fast friends..
I note that I’m traveling on a completely new and so far virginal passport .. No sign of the 60 or so countries I’ve visited in the last several years.. I’m a new man.. I think.. no history.. now thats refreshing..
well.. were boarding soon.. and i’m getting sleepy
et tu ?
nite all, nite sam
-me