Dear Friends and Family
I was in Europe last week on a business trip. It was rather busy, a different city / appointment each day Monday through Friday. Naturally I found some time to take some photos to share with you, hope you enjoy them!
Traveling from the Middle East to Europe is different from US business travel. All the flights leave about mid-night or shortly thereafter and arrive early in the morning in major European airports. The flights back are just the same. So on a 5 day business trip, I only spent 4 nights in hotels and the rest in lounges / airplanes. Well at least it was Business Class travel!
First stop was in Germany, where I was able to take some photos of Dusseldorf. I learned that Dusseldorf was much like Pittsburgh in that it had a heavy coal mining and steel industry that are serviced by the Rhine river. Unfortunately, much of WW II activities took away that industry and Dusseldorf has been rebuilding since. They have hired some unique architects!
First a photo of the rebuilt areas along the Rhine (including my hotel at the end on the right)
you may notice one of the buildings in the middle has come colored things on it, here is a close up!
and if that isn't strange enough, they have hired some very famous architect to develop 3 buildings that look like they are falling in on each other. One is red brick, one is white brick and one looks like it is made out of aluminum foil!
We then went to France to visit a few other companies. Most of the time was spent in Lyon with a bit of travel to a small town in the mountains that had a fabulous restaurant (called The Radio, named as such because people gathered around the radio to hear news during WWII).
A view of a snow capped mountain near Cleremont- Ferrot in France
Lyon is the second largest city in France and wants to remind Paris of that. They have built a version of the Eiffel Tower on top of the closest hill
Lyon had some very pretty older buildings along the 2 rivers that come together there (the Soane and Roan), I particularly liked this church scene
an old statue in the town square
and a river scene in Lyon
We finished the trip in London for 1/2 day meeting and dinner and then a mid-night flight back to Saudi. I didn't really have enough time for photos, but I've also been to London enough times. (I just had to say that, to sound like a real world traveler!)
Take care and keep in touch!
I was in Europe last week on a business trip. It was rather busy, a different city / appointment each day Monday through Friday. Naturally I found some time to take some photos to share with you, hope you enjoy them!
Traveling from the Middle East to Europe is different from US business travel. All the flights leave about mid-night or shortly thereafter and arrive early in the morning in major European airports. The flights back are just the same. So on a 5 day business trip, I only spent 4 nights in hotels and the rest in lounges / airplanes. Well at least it was Business Class travel!
First stop was in Germany, where I was able to take some photos of Dusseldorf. I learned that Dusseldorf was much like Pittsburgh in that it had a heavy coal mining and steel industry that are serviced by the Rhine river. Unfortunately, much of WW II activities took away that industry and Dusseldorf has been rebuilding since. They have hired some unique architects!
First a photo of the rebuilt areas along the Rhine (including my hotel at the end on the right)
you may notice one of the buildings in the middle has come colored things on it, here is a close up!
and if that isn't strange enough, they have hired some very famous architect to develop 3 buildings that look like they are falling in on each other. One is red brick, one is white brick and one looks like it is made out of aluminum foil!
We then went to France to visit a few other companies. Most of the time was spent in Lyon with a bit of travel to a small town in the mountains that had a fabulous restaurant (called The Radio, named as such because people gathered around the radio to hear news during WWII).
A view of a snow capped mountain near Cleremont- Ferrot in France
Lyon is the second largest city in France and wants to remind Paris of that. They have built a version of the Eiffel Tower on top of the closest hill
Lyon had some very pretty older buildings along the 2 rivers that come together there (the Soane and Roan), I particularly liked this church scene
and a river scene in Lyon
We finished the trip in London for 1/2 day meeting and dinner and then a mid-night flight back to Saudi. I didn't really have enough time for photos, but I've also been to London enough times. (I just had to say that, to sound like a real world traveler!)
Take care and keep in touch!
Reminds me of some hectic trips I had awhile back. Regardless, it is always interesting to travel to different places.
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy your blog! The buildings in Germany were pretty interesting. Sounds like a hectic trip, but its good to geth the chance to travel.
ReplyDeleteCindy
There is never a dull moment for you!! Loved the photographs . . . thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteNancy