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Chicago, Salt Lake City and New York
Back out to the US this week and covered a lot of ground including Chicago, Salt Lake City and New York. Unfortunately due to Hurricane Irma we decided to postpone Florida as we didn’t want to take up valuable airline and hotel places that could be put to much better use. It was a particularly tough time over there and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to all those who lost homes or loved ones. Probably the most epic time of the week was the road trip from Salt Lake City up into the Utah hills to visit a bunch of guys who presented us with what looked like a Bagel…
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Croatia
Just returned from a recent visit to Croatia, partly for a break and partly for business. It’s a fascinating country strategically placed at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans and the Adriatic Sea and close to the Mediterranean. The International Monetary Fund classified Croatia as an emerging and developing economy, and the World Bank identified it as a high income economy. Croatia is also an acceding state of the European Union, with full membership expected in July 2013. It’s also a country with a diverse climate ranging from continental to alpine and Mediterranean along the coast. Croatia’s Adriatic coast also contains more than a thousand islands. Altogether Croatia comprises…
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On the road…
On Sunday I flew out to Newark and in the next 5 days visited San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston, Michigan, Detroit and New York, a grand total of 12,463.85 miles. It’s been intense and included visits to highly secure research institutes, manufacturing plants and a few Attorney’s as we put in the ground-work to help launch a new business. Saturday at least gave me a chance to get back to my start point in Newark to catch up on a lot of paperwork before I headed back to the airport for one last flight this week – home! All that travelling has helped teach me not to worry too much about the…
