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Tuesday night – Tallinn/Riga

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Greetings from Riga.. life is better today.. my bag finally got here as I was leaving Tallinn.. I had a good day of customer meetings, media stuff and a nice talk at the Tallinn Technical University. The Estonians are very cool. they’re quiet .. and very smart and gracious. My impression is that they have the strong Eastern European math/science academic skills and kind of Scandinavian focus on Design.. It’s a cool combo.. and it seems to be working !

I didn’t get out much today.. but I did get some good Hotel window shots

The University was nice.. i enjoyed the students question.. unfortunately.. we had to run at the end to get back to the customer event.. so I didn’t have time to talk to the students.. but fun, just the same

saw this sticker on a car in the parking lot.. thats me baby.. a mood mess !

the IBM event ended with a 40th birthday party for IBM Estonia complete with a Marylin look alike doing the ‘happy birthday Mr president’ shtick. pretty .. uhhh.. interesting !

trip to Riga was quick.. made quicker because I was traveling with new friend Martin.. used the time to get some work learning in..   Got to Riga.. and lo and behold.. My bag is there !!.. complete with my folded up hoola hoop !

got to the hotel and was shown around by Zene and her crew. one gave me a traditional Latvian carrot and potato thingy.. yum ? I think ?


I had a work call to get back to so I took a quick walk around the beutiful old city by myself. it’s really very beutiful.. but in a completely different way than Tallinn is beautiful !


Got hom in time for my call. but not before spying an LMAFO grafitto.. The world is truly flat.

OK.. Thats it for now.. im trying to get some good sleep tonight.. More tomorrow.

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

Monday night – late – Tallinn

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What has tow L’s , Two N’s and no baggage to be seen.. it’s Tallinn Estonia.. I’m here.. but my bags .. and all my clothes and toys and everything are not :-(. worse.. my bag is still not been found.. .. I had to  go and buy new clothes just to do the customer meetings I have tomorrow..
The good news is.. the people are wonderful and the city is beautiful.. I need to sleep now.. so I’ll give a deeper account tomorrow.. for now.. Gnite everyone !


tallinn airport

their favorite president.

a beautiful sounding but impenetrable language.. sounds like finnish !

spontaneous art.. like this poetry station. you hit the button and it tells you a poem!

I worked a full day this evening ( us Morning to us evening).. because I’m swamped at work.. but I did manage to go out for a  quick beer wiht the folks from the company here.

we took a brisk walk back through the old city.. so gorgeous !


now.. off to bed..
nite all, nite sam
-me

Sunday night – roots

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Quick post before boarding a plane.. Im heading for a few days of work travel in the Baltic’s.. Its particularly meaningful to me because most of my great grandparents came fro from there .. Or near the.. Should be interesting. Its also goign to be a busy week,i have lots of work projects coming due now. Will be heads down on that wile traveling ..no sightseeing for me..
Ok.. Gotta go..love to all..

nite all, nite sam
-me


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Saturday night – fell

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Ive been TOTALLY freaked out by work these last couple of weeks. I have some important deadlines coming up and they are weighing heavily on my mind. So heavily that at 5L 30 this morning I was wide awake and staring at the ceiling thinking about work. was determined that might work freak out wouldn’t continue to bleed over into my personal and family life.. so .. after only a couple of hours of work today.. i ‘goofed off’ .. goofing off today meant getting ot with my lovely wife and lovely dogs into the gorgeous, albeit rainy and gorgeous, fall foliage today.. Diane, the dogs and I took a convoluted walk through the preston trail system today.. we tried to traverse it backwards.. but got off on some crazy side trails. It was really beautiful and restoring.. there aren’t too many words needed to comment on these pics.. . I know that ‘other peoples’ leaf pictures. like ‘other peoples’ sunset pictures are pretty boring.. what I want you to see in these pictures is the mental and spiritual relief I had of being in the woods with my loved ones.. (2 and 4 footed)

we did find this very cool ”in to the wild-esque” school bus in the middle of the woods.. what was that about ?

I spent the rest of the day either working or clearing the front entrance , bringing  in wood (it’s fall, after all ) and cleaning out the garage for the cars. The first hard frost is only a week or so away !

 

At around 7L30 we headed up to Jen and Tim’s to watch the ‘rumble2012’ debate between bill oreily and jon stewert .. .. That reacquired martinis and candy.. both very welcome

hard to describe the debate.. it was hilarious and thought provoking. both men did well.. and I’m proud to live in a country where this type of ideologically nutty debate could happen on line.. I would gladly vote for either of these two men..

ok.. I’m exhausted now.. time for bed..

nite all, nite sam

-me