3 Talks, 3 Continents, I'm tired.

It began simple enough. A short, late night hop to Baltimore, MD. As you can see, I was up at sunrise the next morning to be ready for the start of the IHV meeting. Late the next morning I gave my presentation and then headed to Dulles for the long flight to Durban, South Africa. This is a shot out my hotel room window. Nice view!



After about of 18 - 20 hours of travel, I was in Durban. Beautiful city on the Indian Ocean. This was the view off the balcony of my Hotel room. Very nice!



The meeting was at the Tala Game Reserve. Beautiful area with amazing wild African animals. To enjoy more pictures from Tala, see the blog below.



At Tala I had a wonderful bungalow (hut). Such a shame to have all that space and be alone. Wish Diane had been there. It was completely walled by windows (with curtains). A beautiful hotel room window view in many directions. It was wonderful.



The meeting was 3 days long and then I headed back to Durban to get ready for the 3 leg trip to Paris. Took about 14 hours to complete the travel. The highlight was the flight between Johannesburg and Frankfurt on a A380 airbus. The new double decker Jet. it was very cool. Luckily I got some sleep, because I had to be at the start of the meeting early afternoon in Paris.



I was in Paris for a bit more than 48 hours. The meeting was wonderful. The 2 dinners were outstanding. Unfortunately the skies were gray and it rained alot. Not much of a view out of my room window for such a beautiful city. Although the hotel was great. Flight home as the shortest and easiest, non-stop Paris to Chicago. Less than 9 hours. After 10 days and 18,000 miles for travel I know there's no place like home.