I am here in South Africa for two weeks on a business trip. What a mixed journey of good and bad! On the negative side, KLM lost my luggage somewhere between London and here. On the positive side, I got a nice open middle seat in my row on the 12 hours of flying here. It will be a busy few weeks of training, but I should have a nice weekend in Durban and then a few...
Scary story: I got sick. With what? I don’t know. How? Still a mystery. The worst part…I was about 6,000 miles from home and my doctor. Around the second week of my work trip, I started getting really bad headaches and fever. I tried to power through Monday’s work with some ibuprofen but it just got worse. Eventually, I found myself bedridden for...
After a week of team meetings in Cleveland I was flown off to Johannesburg (via Detroit and London). I did this trip about 2 years ago for the first time where I was introduced to the nightmare of the 15-18 hour flight from Atlanta or New York. I can usually handle about 7-8 hour max of being stuck in a coach seat. After that, due to back pain and dehydration, it...