Author Archives: JJD
Seattle for the Fourth – Lunch in Victoria
Victoria, BC, is normally a quick boat ride from Seattle — in under 3 hours you can go from downtown Seattle to the Inner Harbor in the most British of Canadian cities. Three hours on a good day, that is. Shortly after boarding our captain announced that we’d be taking a “weather route” due to […]
Seattle for the Fourth – Waterfalls and Musical Theatre
The parental units are in Seattle to celebrate America! Highlights from day one: – Brunch! – Naps! (No photos out of respect for the sleeping) – Snoqualmie Falls! – Dancing minors! (also, miners!)
Opera and people-watching and dinner in East London
Had I known how much I would like Kew Gardens, I might have planned to spend most of the day there. But I hadn’t known and had already made plans to see a matinee performance of Madama Butterfly at the English National Opera. I headed back into town in search of the opera house and some lunch. […]
Kew Gardens
Inspired by my run through Kensington Gardens, I decided to take the train out to Kew Gardens. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Kew Gardens are considered one of the best gardens in the world. They cover hundreds of acres, and I could have spent all day there — as it was, I only had time […]
Kensington Gardens
I went for a run this morning through Hyde Park and took a detour to visit the gardens of Kensington Palace. I may have spent more time looking at plants than I spent actually running… My favorite, the sunken garden. Kensington Palace. Not super impressive from the outside. The Italian Fountains. Built by Prince Albert […]
Saturday in London
Compared to the difficulties I had trying to get to Brussels, it was a cinch getting to London. The small commuter plane left the tiny Luxembourg airport bright and early, touching down in the London City airport an hour later (though with the time zone change, we only lost about 10 minutes). I checked into […]
The Belgians strike again
The past four days have been a blur of all-day business meetings followed by dinners among colleagues and hours of midnight work to catch up on all my normal work that has been displaced by these meetings. Needless to say, I’ve seen nothing more of Luxembourg beyond what I saw on the first day. But […]
Luxembourg
It’s not the worst thing to work for a company with offices in Europe! This week I’ve got a series of meetings in Luxembourg, and then I’ll spend a couple days in London meeting with colleagues (and then playing for Memorial Day weekend). I flew out on Sunday from Seattle to Amsterdam (9 hours) and […]
Back already
Well, we’re back. Took off from Delhi at 9:50pm on Sunday and landed in Seattle at 6:55am on Monday. That’s only about 9 hours by the clock, but about 20 hours of real-time travel. We had a great time, and I wish we could have stayed longer. I also wish we’d had more reliable internet […]
Old Delhi
Terrific first day in India! We spent the day exploring Old Delhi, which pretty much embodies the term “sensory overload”. It was crowded and noisy and dirty and hot — and so very fascinating to experience. There’s more to say, but jet lag and an early flight to Udaipur weigh in favor of sleep. So […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 