I'm back out of Sweden this afternoon and off to the Netherlands for the week for a Global Sales Conference in which I will be presenting market outlooks for 2012 and beyond. I'm new to the role so I'm no expert, but I hope that the other participants will forgive me for not being completely clued-in no the goings-on.
I've been up for about 90 minutes already as a few Swedish bogan equivalents decided to walk past the apartment I'm staying in (thanks Jocke!) and make a racket at 4am. I decided to get up, check-in for my next flights, download the new Limp Bizkit album onto my BlackBerry in preparation for my onward travels and make a cup of tea. God help me if I can find the sugar bowl....! I probably don't need any more of that sweet, sweet, white death anyway.
Friday evening was spent relaxing and catching up with Peter "pumpkin-eater" Bray in preparation for his birthday. Unfortunately, he'd already made plans to play rugby in Stockholm, but that was cool with me as I got the chance to hang out with Sebbe Lee and his family at their place. I at least had the pleasure of Ida's garlic marinated pork and her awesome potato gratin in the company of her sister and cousin and two bottles of wine.
One of the things I love most about Europe in general is breakfast. Softly boiled eggs, fresh bread, cucumber slices, cheese and ham. Plus I requested a jar of mustard herring for myself and Sebbe nearly puked right there in the shop at the thought of it. I ate half the jar in one sitting :)
The rest of the day was spent doing a bit of shopping in the main shopping centrum and then Sebbe and I headed to the town centre for a walk, more shopping, awesome sushi and a donut from a turk.
The main square in Örebro (and sunny too!)
Not sure what's on the cards for today, but all I know is that I'm happy to take it easy. I still have a big week ahead of me!
