Today has been mostly about the evening but before that I have
to report a new look-a-like. Spotted
today in one of my meetings was Albert Einstein. I am not sure if the likeness went beyond
looks and this person was a legendary genius because they didn’t speak a word
of English. Haivng said that Einstein
also spoke another language.
So back to tonight and I have to admit at having one of the
best evenings with a client I have had.
I finished my meetings on site at 15:00 and had two more to do when I
got back to the hotel. Therefore the
offer of going out for dinner was a nice thought but I had too much to do as
when you spend all day doing meetings you have your emails to catch up on and
actions for tomorrow to take care of.
With no choice I arranged to meet at a restaurant at
18:00. When my colleague and I arrived
all but one of the customers where there and from the first minute we were made
to feel really welcome and the next four hours flew by. We discussed everything from Russian
invasions and Czech history to ice hockey, cricket and football. One of the guys from the client side knew
very little English but did really well to join in the conversation. Some of the things I learned about the Czech
Republic and Ostrava in particular were very interesting. Facts such as Andy Murray’s trainer Ivan
Lendl was born in Ostrava. We even had a
conversation about the different ways England, the Czechs and Lithuania
celebrate Christmas and which character is suppose to bring the Christmas
presents.
One of the client’s brought with him a copy of a CD his son
had professionally recorded and later his son appeared to collect his father
from the restaurant and we spend a pleasant few minutes speaking to him about
his music. After learning about how he
made each track it will be nice to listen to it when I get home.
For dinner I had something called (not sure if I have spelt
this right) Occasucca which is beef that is cooked very slowly for many hours
and local vegetables. I took a picture
of it before I started. As people who
know me know that I am not all that adventurous with food but this really was
nice and I was very pleased with my choice.
After the meal we walked back to the hotel and the city
looked really nice in the night time.
Buildings were lit up very prettily and the churches in particular
looked magnificent in their illumination.
All in all a really great evening and it is true that sometimes
when you’re not looking forward to something you have the best time.
The only downside was that when I returned back to the hotel
I had quite a bit of work to do. I have
taken a break from that to write up the blog for this evening. Now that I have finished it I must get back
to it
Night All.
Trust me it tasted better than it looked.
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