Spain Barcelona I've been to Barcelona many times, but my first trips, at least as an adult, to Spain were for work. In Barcelona, I was working at Airtel (Gava, Poligono Barnasud, I remember always trying to pronounce to the taxi driver, never with any success), staying at the Intercontinental on Avenue Diagonal. I did … Continue reading Memories of Europe →

I've been to the US a bunch of times - several weekends and work trips in New York City, a great road trip pre-First Born around New England and up to Montreal, lots of times to California (Emeryville and Irvine). The first time though was in 1998 post-graduation and before starting work at Sema Group, … Continue reading Memories of USA →

This was a single trip, but a huge one! The pre-amble to it was the end of the third term ("P3") of INSEAD in Fontainebleau. I'd decided to spend the summer break travelling across Russia, and had managed to arrange a two-week language course in Moscow, including lodging. I'd also got my flight out booked, … Continue reading Memories of Russia →

I've had the chance to go to a bunch of places in Asia, quite a few times, so this will be a long and expanding post as I remember other bits and pieces. New Caledonia Back in 1999, my project doing Y2K upgrades to Short Messaging Service Centres around the world took me to a … Continue reading Memories of Asia →

Whilst digging through files for adding my travel nostalgia during this time of zero travel, I realised I'm missing a bunch of my Russia photos. I've found folders from Siberia, and from Kamchatka, but not from the Trans-Siberian train journey itself (which was probably the highlight of the trip). I remember having these photos on … Continue reading Miniature Russian Rollercoaster →

I haven't spent a lot of time in Africa, and my trips have been short and sporadic over the years. Here's a flavour of what I remember! Guinea I went to Guinea on one of my Alcatel Y2K upgrade trips in December 1999. I was on my own, and while everything went smoothly, things were … Continue reading Memories of Africa →

My overall route whilst in Japan for a week or so I went to Japan in 2002, and I'd planned an elaborate itinerary involving Kuala Lumpur and Chiang Mai - that's incidental to the Japan part except my plans had changed a bit (my friend Katie who had been living in KL now wasn't, so … Continue reading Japan Memories →

In amongst my #LockdownClearout, I've uncovered repositories of photos and souvenirs from my better-travelled days. Well, any days were better-travelled than the current ones, but I'm referring more to the early stages of my career when I was installing telecoms systems in far-flung global networks in an age a) I was single and b) the … Continue reading China Memories →