Mr Papa’s World

A bit more on my recent business trip to Germany…

Thanks to some wonderful planning on the part of one of my colleagues, we had a 6:29 AM departure out of Tucson International Airport. Living a good solid hour from the airport, that meant a 3:30 AM wakeup for me. The poor itinerary continued as it had us going through Chicago then London before ending up in Munich. Chicago has not been historically a good gateway city for me as something always seems to go wrong. During most of my European trips, I have gone through Dallas and then over Zurich before continuing to the final destination.

The plane departed Tucson on time and proceeded to Chicago. Luckily, my company allows business class travel overseas. This means the US legs are done in First Class. If you havent travelled overseas in business class, trust me, … READ MORE

Well, I am back from Germany and my business trip. You may have noticed the lack of posting here. I went over there last Saturday for a conference that my company was hosting in Landshut, Germany. Landshut is about 40km North of Munich.

During the trip, in fact on the first day, you may have noticed that Mr Papa’s World was hacked by some Turkish hackers. I apologize for the crap they left here. Luckily, they didnt do any lasting damage other than replacing the front page and I was able to walk Suzanne through fixing it over the phone from Germany. They also hacked one of my other websites. I think that one is actually where they got in though they left two others alone.

The trip was very successful and loads of fun. I really enjoy business trips to Germany. I … READ MORE