Sunday, June 22, 2008

More of Paris...

While I work, the family plays. But on the weekends, we get enjoy Paris together....





On Saturday, we visited the catacombs beneath of the streets of Paris....

While roaming the streets of Paris, during tourist season, we found this appropriately named street.


Luxembourg Gardens has a section that houses bees. I'm not sure of the significance but thought that it was interesting to have such a thing smack in the middle of a public park.

My wife is taking lots of pictures of our son's stuffed animal "RJ" (Raffe Junior)...

Here's another pic from today's visit to the Rodin museum. This one's the famous "Gates of Hell". And here I am, walking up the steps...


This is likely my last trip to Paris. My involvement in "core" work has come to an end. Next week, I start working on North American projects and will be spending a great deal of time in "Honky Tonk" Tennessee.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Family in Paris

Once again, I'm in Paris. But this time, I brought family: My wife, our child, and my wife's 15 year old sister. We're staying sixteen days. While I work, they play. Last weekend, we hit Euro-Disney together. Euro-Disney reminded me an awful lot of Dollywood in Tennessee. It's even smaller than Six Flags. Regardless, we had a great time.

Business is still moving slowly. We're working on testing. Our North American implementation partners have now been on boarded and were here in France this week. We ate dinner on the river at a place that was depicted in one of Renoir's famous paintings.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

This Week in U.S.

I was in Nashville Monday and Tuesday. We were working on ironing out details for our U.S. project to implement SAP in standard product plants. Today, I'm working out of my house. When working at home, the majority of my time is spent collaborating via conference calls. Tomorrow, I'm going into the local plant. Part of the day will be spent helping them with stuff related to a job I held over three years ago. On Sunday, I leave for France. I'm taking family with me this time...