Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Traveling Rants
August 23, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
If you’ve ever traveled extensively for business, you know that the priorities for hotel rooms are short and focused. After flying on five airlines this week (Korea, Cathay, Jet, Singapore and Eva) and staying in three different hotels, we just want the basic things.
For me, I can list the top things that are important and [...]
Running in Mumbai (Part Two)
August 22, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Here I was again. In the back of a car driving through the streets of Mumbai. Running very late for the airport. Running low on sleep. Lost in my thoughts. Feeling a bit off. My colleague interrupts my internal dialog and says, “Do you know why we never give money to the beggars on the [...]
Lost and Found …
August 14, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I have traveled more than three million miles in the last decade but have not had the experiences I had this past week. Before a routine flight to Las Vegas for a meeting with the MS AT&T Account Team, I got my boarding ticket and went to the security line – where the ticket was [...]
Something’s Wrong?
January 8, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
You know Something’s Wrong when:
The airline captain comes on the PA system to say that it’s a short 14 and a half hour flight to Hong Kong.
And … this is only your First Flight of Three to get here and the First of Eleven total
You get your middle seat changed to Aisle [...]
Trip from Hell?
October 23, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
So, on top of stressing about other things – I get to travel on business (in economy ) starting on Saturday at 0600 to Germany, Slovenia, UK, France and back to the UK in the course of 5 days.
Stats: 9 total flights, 2 Eurostar trains, 5 different hotels and a Marathon in Raleigh [...]
Flirting with Disaster
August 27, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Just got in from a grueling trip to SouthEast Asia. Something like SFO-Hong Kong-Singapore-Bangkok-Singapore-Jakarta-Singapore-Hong Kong-SFO!
I just averted the following disasters and potential for massive trip mayhem:
1. I arrived in Hong Kong last week just as they were under Typhoon warning, which hit in full force 48 hours after I had been there and was gone [...]
Shiny Happy Fits of Rage …
May 1, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
“We both have shiny happy fits of rage …” well sung in Anyone Else But You by the Mouldy Peaches and experienced by me at London Heathrow Airport this past Wednesday night. After being in my fifth county in five days, packing/unpacking, ironing, meetings, taxis, meetings, sleepless nights and keeping up with emails, my [...]
Shiny Happy People
April 30, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I was thinking about Shiny Happy People on my just completed trip of SF-Frankfurt-Paris-Helsinki-Paris-London-New York-SF (though two of the stops were just transiting). When I was in Stockholm and on the way to the airport, I had a talkative woman Swedish taxi driver who was just about the happiest person I have ever met. [...]
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