📸 On our way out to dinner earlier this evening…
📸 On our way out to dinner earlier this evening…
📸 Now back at the pool for some downtime and, potentially, a nap.
📸 Went walkabout to the Gardens by the Bay this morning. This is before I melted and wilted in the heat!
💀 A night of horrendous jet lag means I’m horribly sleep-deprived this morning. Thankfully, Singapore has one or two coffee shops to keep me caffeinated…
📸 Gratuitous poolside selfie
📸 The sun has made an appearance here in Singapore. So it’s straight out to the pool to work on my tan. Absolutely loving this hotel so far!
📸 Just waking up in Singapore. Managed a very respectable six hours sleep.
✈️ Arrrived safely in Singapore. Now to get a taxi to the hotel, shower and get all the sleeps!
✈️ It’s my first time in Hong Kong so I was glued to the window on approach. What incredible views! Already planning a proper visit here, rather than just a layover.
✈️ A superb and comfortable flight with Finnair to Hong Kong. Aside from eating my own body weight, I got five hours sleep!
Now relaxing in the Cathay lounge, before our final flight: Singapore. Just had a wonderful (and much needed) shower, and then tucked into a wagyu beef burger.
📸 Enjoying the Finnair Executive Lounge in Helsinki Airport 🍾🥂🇫🇮
✈️ Arrived in Helsinki after a predictably lovely flight with Finnair.
Enjoyed a tasty dinner and some lovely bubbles on board. Now a couple of hours in the Finnair lounger before our next flight…
📸 Ready for take-off ✈️
✈️ Awaiting boarding for our next flight: Budapest to Helsinki.
💀 That 3am start is beginning to catch up with me… Plus the nearly 20,000 steps around Budapest. More Diet Coke required, before I fall asleep and miss my flight.
✈️ Enjoyed a lovely few hours in a very hot and sunny Budapest. My first visit to the city and I’ll definitely be back. Now back at the airport, waiting for our flight to Helsinki. Which I suspect might be a little bit cooler…
📸 St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest
📸 Greetings from Budapest, where we’re sheltering from the heat and enjoying ice cold drinks by the Danube. First impressions: what an incredibly beautiful city!
📸 Next stop: Budapest ✈️
✈️ The first stop on our epic journey to Singapore: Heathrow Terminal 3.
Currently having breakfast in the Amex lounge, after which we’ll fly to Budapest. We have a few hours to kill there, so we’re going to head into the city for a quick mooch about before catching our onward connection.
✅ Firing on all cylinders in the office this morning! There’s nothing like an impending holiday to focus the mind and ensure all the important things are done. Video and audio of next week’s podcast completed, about to upload today’s coaching video, and a ton of client admin sorted. Whew!
📸 Umm… what happened to summer in London? Hard to see in this photo, but in addition to the grey/brown sky, it’s also raining.
🧐 Pub quiz update: our team came second! Amazed I was able to wrench some of the answers from the recesses of my memory. We shall return!
A brief layover at home before heading out after dinner to a local pub quiz.
If I’m honest, I’d much prefer to stay in and get some more work done ahead of this weekend’s holidays. But I’ve agreed, so I’ll have to make the most of it. It’s a nice bunch of friends and it’s my first time attending this particular quiz. Plus, it was a nightmare finding a date and time that suited us all.
But I’m sticking to my no-alcohol regime and will be enjoying some Guinness Zero as we quiz…
While I’m typing, I’m downloading a whole bunch of podcast files to my new MacBook Pro, so I can edit while on some of the long flights to and from Singapore. And some YouTube A-roll. I know I’m being over-optimistic, but I’d rather that than find I had the motivation but not the files.
Let’s see how much I actually get done while airborne, versus how much time is spent asleep…
📸 Absolutely loving London’s sky this evening.