Start of the last stop (RTW: Round The World)

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:25:53 GMT

I made it to Singapore, and after getting a few winks of sleep, I'm back doing the usual conference setup for one more event. Of course there's been weeks of planning, but it all comes down to the end, and getting all the details sorted out. In an hour I should be over at Geek Terminal, doing an evening presentation and talking to some of the more interesting locals. I thought now would be good as time as any to do a quick travels recap.

Oh, and I just went thru and figured out the distance between each stop, and the total distance in miles. I'll be traveling a total over 28,041 miles (45,128 km,) between cities, which means when I do the math I'm maintaining a constant average speed of 50.8 Mile Per Hour, or 81.8 Kilometers Per Hour!

Stop 0: San Francisco Departure - 0 miles

Friday June 8th, 2007 fly out of SFO to Budapest via Frankfurt on Lufthansa. After completing all the last minute details, like packing, I was off to the airport, and on my way, a one way trip, all the way around the world to right back where I'm starting in about 3 weeks.

Stop 1: Frankfurt Germany Flight Transfer - 5,699 miles

Landing in Germany Saturday June 9th, 2007 and cruise thru the airport for a couple hours, until I catch my connection to Budapest. The lounge made for a nice respite, after getting some sleep on the plane, the showers in the lounge made for a nice little refresh.

Stop 2: Budapest Hungary REMIX at Museum of Fine Arts - 521 miles (6,220 total)

Saturday June 9th, 2007 at 2:00pm, land in Budapest, "24 hours" after I left I'm at my first destination. I get a ride from the airport in to town and settled at the hotel. After working for a bit, and taking a long nights sleep, I'm setup to head off for the first preso's.

Stop 3: Amsterdam Netherlands DevDays/REMIX at the RAI - 728 miles (6,948 total)

As soon as things were wrapped up in Budapest, a Key Note, Design Presentation, Boat Cruise, and a Video Presentation, jumped in a cab with a few other cohorts, and headed off to Amsterdam to do it all again. Tuesday June 12th, 2007 land in Amsterdam about an hour behind schedule at 9:00pm. Gather everything up and head in to the hotel, check in, go out for dinner, and sleep. Next day crazy morning, setup for a presentation to a giant theatre of a couple thousand people and run some preso's. I had a couple days to SLEEP, and wonder around the city a bit, enough to have a really nice dinner as well, flies included.

Stop 4: Zurich Switzerland REMIX at World Trade - 375 miles (7,323 total)

Saturday morning June 16th, 2007 I head over to Zurich, and after a pretty easy flight check in to yet another hotel. Set along the bank of a river just a few blocks up from the middle of town, it's quite the place. After a couple of days of heavy rain in Amsterdam, the warm weather, cool breeze, and clear skies are absolutely fantastic, especially with the scenic backdrop of the city. Do the usual preso's, with more than usual excitement in the key note, and a FUN late night out on a party Tuesday in "Zuri".

Stop 5: Copenhagen Denmark "Lidt om Silverlight" (Little bit on Silverlight) - 591 miles (7,914 total)

Wednesday June 20th, 2007 after missing a couple of my morning flights (uh it was the traffic), I catch a hop to Copenhagen. Settle in downtown and rest up for a get together the next day at Microsoft's offices to speak to a group of local Designer's, Developer's, and Biz folks. Also managed to get a look around town and check out a few spots, namely Zoo Bar.

Stop 6: London Heathrow Transfer - 610 miles (8,524 total)

Friday June 22nd, 2007 fly in to Heathrow and switch over to a 747 on South Africa Airlines for the ride to Africa.

Stop 7: Johannesburg South Africa REMIX at Monte Casino - 5,621 miles (14,415 total)

Ok, I've been in the same time zone for a while now, but it's time for a long haul, but still in the same time zone at least, just going from Summer to Winter, and from the North end of one continent to the South end of another. Saturday June 23rd, 2007 first thing in morning touch down in Johannesburg, and head in to a nice mini-Disneyland/Vegas complete with Restaurants, Hotel, Bars, Movie Theatre, Lion King, Shops and more.

Stop 8: Arts House Singapore REMIX @ Old Parliment - 5,381 miles (19,526 total)

I'm in my final destination city, as of crack of dawn Thursday June 28th, 2007. Just finished rehearsal setup for Key Note and presentation tomorrow. Sitting at Geek Terminal finalizing post before a preso.

Stop 9: Hong Kong Transfer - 1,588 miles (21,115 total)

I'll be hopping thru Hong Kong to catch my final flight home Saturday June 30th, 2007.

Stop 10: San Francisco BACK HOME! - 6,927 miles (28,041 total)

With any luck I'll be landing back in San Francisco Saturday June 30th, 2007 before I even leave Singapore (crossing International Date Timeline).

MIX2REMIX - Budapest, Amsterdam, Zurich, Johannesburg & Singapore. . . B-): Travel