14 days and nights. This is how long I will have been away from home by the time I land in Seattle on Saturday. 14 nights in 4 different hotel rooms, 14 mornings of waking up without the kids and by far the longest stretch Mike and I have been apart since the summer of 1995.
On the not-so-negative side, I’ve managed to workout every day but one since I landed and aside from struggling to fall asleep at a reasonable hour, am adjusting to the various time zones quite well. We are enjoying the local cuisines and the few sightseeing excursions we’ve managed to squeeze in.
We’ve experienced Norway trolls, a lot of cold fish, reindeer and veal. Pea soup and pancakes (more like crepes) are served on Thursdays in Sweden and was so good that if you’re visiting Stockholm in the future, make sure it’s on a Thursday. The “Rock Church” in Finland is the highlight there- a Christian church in the middle of the city that was built amongst the rocks.
We had dinner at Gondolen, a restaurant that “floats between the sky and the sea” in Stockholm; we asked our client to choose their favorite and later read that it’s the most expensive restaurant in the city (lesson learned, but it was good).
I depart tomorrow for my final stop- Copenhagen- and am looking forward to it not only because it’s the home stretch but also because in Finland it’s –15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit)!
I typically don’t travel for more than one business week per trip...I’m definitely ready to come home.
The Rock Church- Helsinki, Finland
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