On the road again – Redux

On the Road Again

Oh the “fun” of business travel … On the Road Again … and again … [Updated post and maps 14-Oct-2016 – Edinburgh and London/Bracknell added – link to previous version of this insanity ] Its a day that ends in “Y” so I must be on the road again … This time I am off to […]

Lake Wakatipu New Zealand

Glenorchy NZ - Barn Shed

Photos at Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand Last month I was on a business trip to New Zealand, and while I was laid out sick most of the trip, I did get out for some photos. I went for a drive through the countryside outside Queenstown with a couple of colleagues from work and stopped at […]

On the road again – Travel and Insanity

Latte with a silhouette of an airplane - More Coffee - Less Travel

Oh the “fun” of business travel … On the Road Again … [Updated post 5-Sept-2016 AU/NZ Trip Added – Previous updates 24-May-2016 – more travel posted to map and text] So this year has seen a lot of travel already, and now that there have been some changes at the office, I’ll be doing a quite a bit more […]

Rock of Cashel Panorama

Rock of Cashel Panorama ©2016 John P. Hoke

Panorama of Rock of Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland Last month I had the luck (of the Irish?) to head over to Dublin for a business trip, and took a few extra days for a short holiday with my wife while there. We grabbed a tour bus for a day trip to a number of sites, including the […]

Dublin Ireland – Teeling and Guinness

Ireland - Dublin - Inside the Teeling Distillery, Dublin Ireland

Dublin Ireland – Teeling and Guinness! The second in a handful of photo posts from a recent trip to Dublin Ireland –  a few days holiday, and a few days of business meetings and reviews. This post is of images from the Teeling Distillery and Guinness Storehouse. So, Jen and I took a few tours while in […]

Rock of Cashel

Fallen Celtic Cross - Rock of Cashel - fallen_cross-20160611-john-p-hoke

Rock of Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland The first in a couple of posts from a recent trip to Ireland – a mixed trip consisting of a few days holiday, and a few days of business meetings and reviews. On one day of the trip, we took a tourbus to Blarney Castle and the Rock of Cashel […]

Travel Bags and Baggage

Baggage - Briggs and Riley

Carrying yet more baggage … So – for the record – I hate traveling as much as I have to with my new role, and I’ve got a ton of travel coming up this year yet. My older checked baggage is getting long in the tooth and a bit ratty – needs replacement before the wheels fall […]

More Business Travel … oh joy

Latte with a silhouette of an airplane - More Coffee - Less Travel

Oh the “fun” of business travel … [Update 24-May-2016 – more travel posted to map and text] So this year has seen a lot of travel already, and now that there have been some changes at the office, I’ll be doing a quite a bit more this year. As a way of keeping a log of where I […]

Jester and King Cake

Riverwalk Jester

Court Jester at New Orleans Riverwalk Another photo, this one of a Jester,  from our trip to New Orleans French Quarter last weekend. American Airlines lost our checked luggage for two days, and they were kind enough to pay for Jen to go on a small shopping trip to pick up a few “necessary and reasonable” items […]