my corner of nowhere particular
I’m going to Luxembourg next week for work. Despite the fact that this will be a fairly short trip, I’m excited as I love going to Europe and I’ve never been to Luxembourg.
Fun facts:
Luxembourg’s capital is Luxembourg.
Luxembourg has its own language: Luxembourgish
Area:
Rhode Island: 3,140 km2 (1,214 sq mi)
Luxembourg: 2,586 km2 (998.6 sq mi)
Recently, articles like this one peppered the web regarding the unfortunate consequences of sitting all day at a desk. While I’d consider myself fairly active, I’m definitely a member of the set that sits for more than 23 hours a week. At a minimum, I probably spend 5-6 hours a day in my office chair – yikes! So I decided to try and see if I could get by without a chair.
I hope to alternate between sitting on an exercise ball and standing. The former is said to activate those muscles used for balance and apparently also improve posture.
If nothing else, I anticipate that I will be much less likely to nod off at my desk.
We have arrived safely!
Upon exiting security, Shaun L. immediately booked it over to the Dunkin Donuts for a taste of home. Right now we’re waiting at the airport for our bus which will be taking us to our next destination. Hopefully we’ll reach a hotel fairly soon.
Provided we have internet at the hotel, further updates will appear shortly.
Tonight (actually tomorrow morning at 12:50am) I’ll be headed to the Korean peninsula for work. I haven’t been to Korea before and I’m not quite sure what to expect.
Friends inform me that the food is amazing and that the society is very modernized, though I’m not sure how true this is outside of the cities. I’ll be flying with Shaun L. into Seoul and then we’ll be taking a drive from there to various smaller towns for meetings with a few customers.
I’m excited in part because last Friday, at the urging of my bosses and under the fashion guidance of Vivienne, I purchased a new suit. I’m really pleased with the fit and the quality. With these new suits, I also purchase some French cuff shirts and some cuff links from Etsy. These were my cufflink choices:
Links to the cuff link sellers. Rockstar, Scrabble, Raptors.
Sadly, the raptors didn’t arrive in time for this trip. But I’ll have plenty of future opportunities to rock all of my irreverent cuff links.
In other news, I’m not sure if I’ll have consistent internet access in South Korea – so updates may or may not be plentiful. I am bringing my camera, so at a minimum we’ll have an update-fest upon my return.
Talk to you soon!