After an incredibly LONG flight, I have finally arrived here in New Delhi, and am checked into my home for the next six days, the Shangri-La. But let me start from the beginning. The crazy stress I've been under for the last few weeks finally caused me to make two mistakes today, luckily neither of which caused too many problems. The first was when I believed that the car was picking us up at 4:45, when he was actually picking us up at 5:4 [View Full Entry]

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Well, today I headed off to Wilmington, Delaware, for a presentation to our newest firm. We picked a heck of a day to do it too - the coldest day of the year. Yes, here in lovely Jersey it was a balmy nine degrees when I woke up this morning...without the wind chill. So I thought to put on a lined suit, and wear a sweater over my blouse and OF COURSE I wore a warm coat, gloves, and scarf. But I still was unprepared for the bitter bitter cold. At any rate, it took us about two and a half [View Full Entry]

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By the time I reached Stockholm, I was feeling rather beat up - more from the lack of sleep the past few days (ah, the 5am wakeup) than hitting my head on the overhead compartment of the plane. Yesterday was either a comedy of errors, or just one disaster after another. I got on my flight with no problems, but then learned that the carry on I had shown to the check in agent was in fact too large for the overhead compartment - which i didn't figure out until after I had removed a bunch of books from it and [View Full Entry]

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After a frustrating afternoon of attempting to get my flight switched to this morning, only to find out after three phone calls (one of the operators hung up accidentally just as she was answering my question, resulting in me crying for five minutes out of frustration before calling back), that the flight change would cost me an additional $1400. Ah, no thanks. So I was in no mood to go to dinner. But I'm into doing the next right thing and fulfilling my obligations, so I took a short bath and then washed my hair and rushed around to get ready. [View Full Entry]

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I have returned from my dining experience at Roue D'or. For those that know me well enough, you know that there are a few things on my list of "Do NOT eat" - such things as vegetables (especially green ones), any type of seafood, and pretty much anything that isn't familiar. I'm just kind of a basic girl. But it's hard to be that way when traveling to such glamourous places, and with such fancy people, as our lawyers are. After I met our lawyer, I was delighted when he took me to a little Brasserie, cal [View Full Entry]

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Ah Bruxelles! I finally broke out the bravery (and even a little Francais!) and did some sightseeing this afternoon. After a successful meeting this morning (and a delicious brie sandwich), I took a cab back to the hotel and talked with the family. Ever try a three way video chat when you don't have a video camera or voice capabilities? Hilarious. After talking with my family, it seemed ridiculous that I could see the Grand Place (pronounce it with a French accent and it sounds much fancier) but I was worried I'd get lost bet [View Full Entry]

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I am in Belgium, tired and very cranky. The meeting in Lisbon this morning went well though. I never screwed up the courage to walk around alone, but I was able to see more of Lisbon when I went to lunch with another of our lawyers along the Tagus River, at a modern, upscale restaurant called Belem Bar Cafe or BBC. Aside from the tents that they were erecting right outside the windows for the restaurant's fifth anniversary party, the view was fabulous. The A [View Full Entry]

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Today's location is Lisbon, and driving in from the airport only renewed my determination to stay holed up in my hotel room! Am staying at the Tivoli Lisboa (apparently, there are two Hotel Tivoli's here, so the distinction is important). The hotel is good, reminds me of Germany but with scarier elevators and no assistance with the bags. I decided I love the mirrored closest and that the tub is great because it's long enough to accommodate my legs. And the Molton [View Full Entry]

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