FInally made it to Munich after a 38 hour travel odyssey

Got to work.. starving and went to a fun client meeting.. I was famished.. so I looked t the food.. thre were (no kidding) 7 different types of Wurst Salat (Sausage salad)… 

being a vegetarian in Germany requires creativity 🙂 

 

 

nite  all, nite sam

here’s the cview from my room at abotu 10;30.. amazing how late it stays light here. 

 

nite  all, nite sam

-mc

arghhhhhh.. after 3 hours on the tarmac, then 6 hours  of waiting around for an air traffic control problem .. we started to reboard our flight.. As soon as we started to move, they called out that the flight was cancelled. .. The airport was a mess !

 

I was able to skip the line.. but all the local hotels were full. teh only place i could find was abput 35 miles west  at a fancy horse riding spa.. I got there about 2AM ,. so i did’t get to check out the amenities of golf, spa, horseriding, fireplace in every room.. i did get 6 hours of sleep for which I’m very greatful

 

i didn’t hacve my bags so I couldn’t run.. but I did manage to take a walk.. it was 90 degrees.. so a short walk called for another shower. 

 

I left for the airport around 1.. and and have been here since about 2. My flight tonight is already two and a half hours late.. it’s a special flight needed to get the flight over there.. there are only a few of us on it.. should be a real party. 

now I’m in the airport lounge looking at my travel companions..  

 

ok. 

i only have 2 hours until boarding.. i need to get ready 🙂 

nite all. nite sam

-me

 

About to board a flight back to Munich after a really great week mostly off.. I got some great time with Diane and the dogs, caught  up on sleep, hiked, ran, saw friends, gave up beer for a week.. and generally became a bit  more human again

i’m hoping this relaxed feeling carries me at least until tomorrow morning 🙂

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

Ps .. major air traffic disruption.we came back to the gate we’re already about six hours late. It’s looking like we will all be stranded here tonight. Next flight is tomorrow night.

The lovely world of work travel ..

 

 

 

Diane and I had a slow day.. nice end to a very nice vacation.. I only worked about 25 percent of the time.. which seems like time off. 

we spent a good deal of the day with our friend James. ..   James invited us for a barfeoot hike of the hills behind his house.. it was really fun .   James’s yard itself is fun !  He has such creative uses for stuff.. .like TV’s 

 

 

then it was time for the hike..   (Diane wearing boots this time) 

 

the woods were saturated with rain like everythign else here.. soemthign Chai didn’t mind at all !

 

there was mud everywhere.. 

 

and slippery logs to climb 

 

james took us up to his ‘gym’ .. a place on the mountain where he has weights, bars, etc. to work out every day,. at 69 // he’s very fitt. Diane and I have to scurry to keep up with him.. and  people who know us know we’re fast hikers. 

 

i put a new samstone next to the one we put here 4 years ago .. in the snow. 

i picked up some foliage on my hike !

 

mud was deep 

 

 

then back to james for a quick cook out 

 

now attempting to ramp back into work.. looking at my email backlog.. 

oh my

glad I had the down time.. up time.. here i come

 

nite all, nite sam

-me