Home again after a very quick and useful trip to Madrid.i just love that city and it’s people .
Got up early and took a run as it was getting light . Not easy running because of all the traffic but fun to see the city waking up.
Had to take a bus to the airport since all the taxis were on strike .. and all the Uber’s were bogged down trying to pick up the slack
I ran into a bunch of folks I knew in the airport .. this guy is met in Madrid before
And then i ran into my good friend Kim from Munich … and she was standing a few folks away from my good friend Iheoma . Both had been at the same conference Didier had been to .
The. On the plane .. which was probably loaded with folks from the same conference i ran into two guys who’s seen me talk in Poukeepsie .
Had a very busy day here… All day of meetings. Great team and lots of work yet to do. I love this kind of meeting when I’m dressed into a new working relationship with people I don’t know. I learned so much about other peoples business… And other people in line in line we worked pretty late… Then I Found the bedroom at Subway and went and met my friends in Ritirio Tonight i met my friend Carmen, Alvaro. And surprisingly my friend Christophe who is just here for the day from France coincidentally. We went out and took a look at this gorgeous town… And had a drink on the rooftop bar… Which is an interesting thing to do on 40° windy night.
Then we met up with our mutual friend Alisa and headed out to a wonderful Spanish fish dinner. It was really exquisite.
Now home in my room trying to catch up from a days worth of email
I forgot with being jetlagged felt like… It’s kind of a nice familiar and sucky feeling all at once.
Missing home… Looking forward to heading there tomorrow.
Yesterday afternoon I headed back to Europe for the first time since November. It felt good to be traveling to again. No I don’t miss the jet lag. Madrid is bright and sunny… And so was the group I’m working with. It’s kind of complicated deal and I really enjoy the people at both sides of the table.
The Ibm team went Out for dinner tonight and I really enjoyed that too. Now I’ve got to get some sleep… I’m sure I’m going to enjoy that!
It woke yesterday to the news that I have to be in Madrid on Wednesday I was able to rearrange that week so I’m on my way there. It’s just kind of funThis is the longest I’ve been in United States and over three years. I hate to break that streak but it’s kind of nice going through the motions of getting into Travel mode. When I’m traveling I’m neither home nor ‘there’… It’s kind of a mindless other state. no I said mindless it’s actually some of my most I mindfull times: it’s timelessness Totally free
My main concern tonight was finding something i could eat in my carb limited diet I’m trying.
I found snack food nirvana a few secs ago
I’mFully fueled for the flight
More from Madrid tomorrow
Nite all, nite Sam
-me
Just kind of agreed to go through the mechanics of travel between kind of other world does not thinking about fucking cares or they’re just kind of been in between and
