A bit of Germany

     We've had these global conferences in Istanbul, Paris, Bangkok, Cairo, Orlando, and now Germany.  The locations sound exotic, but the reality is that almost all of the time is spent in an office or hotel meeting room for the meetings or trainings.

I liked the narrow streets

     After the first conference I hosted in Istanbul, where we met in a basement conference room for 4 days, I made a point to schedule a half day to go and spend some time looking at the country we are visiting.  Not only does it help us make it through the week, but it is a time to develop the relationships that are so important to working well together.  It is easier to trust someone who is handling a crisis involving your staff when you know the person on the other end of the line.



     And one other reason is that for many of our staff (including me), it is the first time in specific country, and it is nice to see at least a little of the country you are visiting.

 Can you see how crooked this house is?

     This time we took some time to travel to the small town of Wetzler, Germany.  Apparently because of a cover of fog, this town survived most of the WWII bombings, and had the old narrow streets and traditional buildings.  It is the home of the author Goethe and where he wrote his famous novel The Sorrow of Young Werther.

Here are a few pictures, but you can see all of the pictures I took on my Facebook page here