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I’ve wedged another business trip rather hurriedly into my schedule, sandwiched betwixt (oh, you gotta love that word) our recent holiday and my impending departure for Siggraph in about 10 days. It came up at really short notice and I didn’t know if I was going to be able to fit it around my existing commitments, but luckily I was able to organise it to happen over this weekend, which just about worked (although I still have to leave early Friday). This will be my first trip to Sweden, specifically Gotland, so I’m looking forward to it, although my time there will be short and I’ll spend an enormous amount of time in transit. It’s a bit of a tortuous route, requiring 3 flights and a coach in each direction (Guernsey-Gatwick-Heathrow-Stockholm-Gotland), plus a short transfer to Heathrow Terminal 5 on the way out (uh-oh). I can’t really complain though, living on an island myself I know all about having to shuttle through onshore international hubs, you just learn to live with it - but I have it at both ends this time! 
Should be good anyway - with luck some business and/or future partnerships will come out of it, but at the very least it should be an interesting trip.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Wow, that’s quite a trip. Hope all your transit runs on time. My only experience with Gotland, Sweden are the popular Battlefield 2 servers. Sweden is home to DICE, creators of the Battlefield series.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Oh! I’ve always wanted a trip to scandinavia, though I never find the will to actually doing it. A pity you can’t stay some more time there. Everyone I know who has traveled there says it’s a great experience, so make sure to take some time for yourself there.
Have fun!
July 31st, 2008 at 6:43 am
Welcome to Sweden Steve!
Gotland is a great place to visit in the summer so you picked the right place really. It has been a couple of years since my last visit but I would love to go back there some day. Lots of “gotlandsruss”, “raukar” and rune stones to see
Too bad about the weather this weekend though…
July 31st, 2008 at 8:00 am
It’s very much a work trip but who knows, maybe I’ll return for a proper holiday sometime
July 31st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Gotland is a very beautiful place. When you have the time, make it an extended holiday and come visit us in Finland too
August 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am
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