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Re-visiting Buenos Aires
More Details: Re-visiting Buenos AiresSo, in 1991, I met BB.AA. Enjoyed exploring it, enjoyed the great food, and enjoyed seeing it with people who lived there. Fast forward to 2000. Company offers me an opportunity to go deliver a training class of 3 days. What to do? Had I ever taught or even attended the training class before? No. …
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Visiting Buenos Aires
More Details: Visiting Buenos AiresI have had the opportunity to visit Buenos Aires, Argentina three times: in 1991, 2000, and 2010 (I don’t like the spacing between visits…). The first time was a weekend trip when I was living in Santiago, Chile and the second sent do co-deliver a training session for my company’s office there. The third visit…
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Planning a Trip to Southern Poland
More Details: Planning a Trip to Southern PolandWell, this entry will be different than the others. Why? Because it is not about a trip taken but about planning a trip to be taken. I have to admit, I enjoy planning a trip a lot. It is as if the trip has almost begun as I begin to plan, imagine, and make more…
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Traveling in Southern Chile – Pucón
More Details: Traveling in Southern Chile – PucónBack when I lived in Chile in 1991, we made a holiday weekend trip to Pucón. We wanted to explore the south a little further and one of our colleagues’ sister had a house in Pucón so my colleague knew the area well. So 9 of us rented a van and met my colleague and…
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Southern Spain (Andalucía) – Sevilla, its Grand Dame
More Details: Southern Spain (Andalucía) – Sevilla, its Grand DameThis entry will most certainly not make any justice to Sevilla. But, I am not here to dispense justice, just to share my thoughts (whew!). It has been a while since I visited the 3 grand cities in southern Spain (Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada). But the impressions they made on me are still quite vivid. Each…
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My Short Life in Santiago, Chile
More Details: My Short Life in Santiago, ChileGetting to live in a country other than your own is always a great learning experience and a great way to expand how we understand how different and how similar human being can be. This entry is more of a trip down memory lane than a travel journal: talking about my 3 short months living in…
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Meeting the Past and Present South Africa in Johannesburg
More Details: Meeting the Past and Present South Africa in JohannesburgJohannesburg is one of the most important cities in Africa (Cairo, Lagos and Nairobi come to mind as competitors for the top spot…). It is a city of contrasts and, for me, a place where the past and the current South Africa came together – I ended up with a much better understanding of the…
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Wine and Running DO Mix: The Festive Bordeaux Marathon in the Medoc, France
More Details: Wine and Running DO Mix: The Festive Bordeaux Marathon in the Medoc, FranceNo, this article is not about drinking lots of Bordeaux wine until you are exhausted from all the exercise of lifting the glass, pouring wine, lifting the glass again, uncorking another bottle, and pouring again. Nor is it about visiting 26 chateaux in one day for wine tasting. It is about the race that takes…
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Sampling South African Wine in Stellenbosch
More Details: Sampling South African Wine in StellenboschReady to hit a new wine region? How about Stellenbosch in South Africa, a short drive east of Cape Town? The Wineries So, we finally hit the road east from our hotel to get to Stellenbosch. We made a few stops in the wine region hitting some wineries pretty much randomly. We did apply enough…
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Reaching the End of Africa…
More Details: Reaching the End of Africa…We started the day by going to the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town as the Ocean Volvo Race was expecting its first arrivals on the first leg of this round-the-world regatta that morning. They were expecting the Ericsson team to be the first to arrive from Europe and, sure enough, when we got there, the…
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The Little-Known Ancash Region of Perú
More Details: The Little-Known Ancash Region of PerúSometimes things lead you to the unexpected. And the unexpected turns out to be a pleasant – very pleasant – surprise. As part of my work trip to Perú, I went to the Ancash region to do field visits to witness our work and meet the locals with whom my organization worked. Besides the incredible insights…