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  • Historic Spain

    Historic Spain

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    We’ve just got back from a week in ‘historic Spain’ starting in Madrid and then spending time in el Escorial, Segovia, Avila, Salamanca and Toledo. It was a full on experience and I reckon it could usefully have been split into two: a long weekend in Madrid and then a week in the other cities.…

  • 5 memorable business trips (2)

    5 memorable business trips (2)

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    This is the second in my series of posts about particularly memorable business trips. As with the first (click here) it dates back to pre-email times 2 On my own in the old Yugoslavia It was in the mid to late 80s and I was a Product Marketing Manager with Dow Chemical Europe. I was…

  • (business) communications have changed …

    (business) communications have changed …

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    I know that’s stating the bleeding obvious but sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves of how much it’s changed and what it used to be like for the business traveller. I’ve had nigh on 50 years of such travel and here’s an outline of what I’ve experienced. For me it started in the early 70s when…

  • All the countries I’ve ever visited (part II)

    All the countries I’ve ever visited (part II)

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    I’m fortunate. I’ve enjoyed lots of travel and had good experiences as I’ve done so. For much of the time it’s been business travel but a lots also been vacations when I’ve shared it with my family. In this and subsequent posts I’ve tried to be consistent with what is a country. It’s an independent…

  • The Medicis and more

    The Medicis and more

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    We’ve just enjoyed a long weekend in Florence. It’s the fourth time I’ve been there but it’s the first time I’ve spent significant time in the city and although last time we did see Michelangelo’s David and visit the Basilica of Santa Croce which is home to the tombs of most of Florence’s great and…

  • A short visit to Northumberland

    A short visit to Northumberland

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    We’ve just spent three nights in Newcastle as a base for visiting castles, houses and gardens in Northumberland. But first let’s be clear about what we mean: Northumberland or Northumbria? This is from the website www.askdifference.com: Northumbria, existing from the 7th to the 10th centuries, was a powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom that covered what are now…

  • References in time

    References in time

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    People ask you. ‘What were you doing in 1994?’ for example and it’s generally difficult to answer. Our memories are good but they’re not stored in date form. But there are exceptions and these do enable you to work out an answer to the question. They’re the years for which you can always respond ‘yes,…