China 2007 – Part 2
The flight northwest from Hong Kong to Guilin, in the northeastern part of the Guangxi province, took about an hour. Like all of the five flights we took in China, the plane took off and landed on schedule and the flight attendants were pleasant and gave you the feeling they sincerely wanted to be of […]
China 2007 – Part 1
This week was the beginning of my fourth trip to China (see Asia travel section of photo gallery for pictures from the prior trips). The first three were alone and 90+% business. Eventually the day would come when I would be lucky enough to go back with friends and family and not do any business […]
Three days of music in New York
It was a joy to attend the 14,438th concert of The New York Philharmonic this past weekend at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. The all-Brahms program included the Academic Festival Overture and Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Twenty-four year old Julia Fischer performed the Concerto in D major. I now know why […]
Taxi, Please
If you have ever been to New York City or seen a movie with a taxi scene in New York City then you know what it can be like to get a taxi. This past week I learned about a totally different process. After a day of meetings at Opera Software in Oslo, Norway, it […]
The Danube
Our journey through the Hapsburg Empire began shortly after we landed in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest occupies both banks of the river Danube — Buda on the west bank and Pest on the east bank. With nearly two million people, it is the eighth largest city in the European Union. The city tour opened our eyes […]