That time I went to... Rome & The Vatican State

03 Feb 2019

August 2017 and the project to deploy SD-WAN at Cushman & Wakefield was just kicking off. Given the scale of the project I felt that it’d be sensible to make sure we give the first site some extra care and attention before we let the train leave the station at full speed. Turned out that the best location was Rome, Italy since it was reasona... Read more

The (Sleepy!) Pearl of The Adriatic - Dubrovnik

13 Mar 2017

Last year was always going to be difficult to top, Monaco was absolutely fantastic and we had a wonderful time; we relaxed, enjoyed good food and embraced the rich and famous lifestyle – we even flew in a helicopter! This year I was determined to try and continue our February city break tradition and after nowhere near enough research or prepara... Read more

The Land of Vikings - Iceland

07 May 2016

It’s become somewhat of a tradition to take a holiday in December. So far it’s always somewhere noticeably warmer and where beer is considerably cheaper. This year we thought we would shake things up a little and do the polar opposite - go somewhere colder, where the beer is much more expensive. Iceland is an eminently fascinating place, full ... Read more

Gibraltar

22 Nov 2015

Gibraltar has been a place of fascination to me for a long time now; a strange strategically important peninsular, occupied by a geographically odd lump of rock with sovereignty to the crown. I’m rather late with this post, some 6 months after visiting ‘The Rock’ but the fascination continues to consume me, despite doing our best to explore and ... Read more

Istanbul, Turkey

14 Jul 2014

This was a rather epic trip. It started off fairly normal, I headed over to Heathrow T5 to catch a flight to Istanbul. The flight took off as usual all seemed fine, I set my tablet up to watch The Grand Budapest Hotel and got ready for a spot of breakfast. It got a bit different near the English Channel when the pilot decided to rock the aircraf... Read more