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Lisbon in 1 day

Posted on November 5, 2018November 6, 2018 By admin

Vera and ! managed to sneak a few hours of walking around Lisbon before the official start of websummit. 24,000 steps later, we were beat, but we managed to see the highlights (if only from outside).

We also stopped in this little hole-in-the-wall restaurant. Honestly, at first I thought the door was a window – it was that small. It was, however, full of locals and the food was superb. I had a tuna steak and steamed veg for 9.50 euro. Seriously. I also had a piece of torta de laranja that was pure evil goodness. Think of a cake made with 12 eggs and 500g of sugar. I’m looking for a recipe. The host kept taking the piss at us, but in a friendly way. “You’re on your holiday and you want to drink sparkling water? What’s wrong with you!” And then when we were leaving, we complimented the kitchen saying that the food had been excellent. His response? “We know”.

Love it.

https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/lisbon_nov_2018/

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WebSummit, here I come

Posted on November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 By admin

Finally made it to Lisbon. Flight delayed, thought my bag might have been lost (it wasn’t), it’s raining, but no worries. I’m in my hotel, I have Wi-Fi and I have plans to meet up with co-workers later tonight.

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Canada trip picture mosaic

Posted on October 3, 2018July 28, 2020 By admin

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Baaaaaad influence

Posted on May 19, 2016May 23, 2016 By admin

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That little owl is a bad influence. He “liberated” a bottle of wine from a tapas bar, which was opened with a shoe along the way to another tapas bar, then got reaaaaaly pissed with other bottles of wine. Many bottles of wine.  Many many many bottles of wine. And unexpectedly prawns. Good prawns. But wine.

It started like this:

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But rapidly devolved into this:

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He will feel it in a couple of hours when the first session starts up. But it was worth it.

Edit: The owl felt better than he had any right to expect the following morning. The breakfast buffet and lots of water probably helped.

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Flying through a storm

Posted on August 11, 2014 By admin

The flight back home was fairly uneventful, except for the bit where we landed in a thunderstorm :)

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Bears on a plane

Posted on June 16, 2014 By admin

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Little family selfie on the way back home.

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Casa Buitoni

Posted on September 15, 2013 By admin

We went on a team building retreat at Casa Buitoni last week. It was brilliant. Not only did we get a lot of good work done, but we also gelled as a team. We defined a mission statement, core values, a project roadmap and also worked out decision-making processes, org charts, team agreements and best practices. We also ate a cubic buttload of food.

   

   

More pictures here: http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/casa_buitoni_sep_2013/

Casa Buitoni is located up in the hills of Tuscany along with the fields of tomatoes, wheat, vegetables, herbs, and olives. It serves as the symbol of Buitoni’s symbol of quality, commitment, and tradition. It was the house of Giulia’s grandson, Giuseppe, and it now serves as a company product development center. This is the place where products are created and sampled.

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Soooo much food

Posted on September 11, 2013September 15, 2013 By admin

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As part of the team building we’re doing at casa Buitoni, we cooked our own dinner tonight. We made 2 types of pasta and some pizza. This was above and beyond the other courses we had. This continues the sinister plot to try and kill us all with massive quantities of good food.

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Who the fuck steals deodorant?

Posted on September 10, 2013 By admin

I’m in Italy for a work strategic retreat. When I packed my suitcase on Sunday night,  I packed some toiletteries, my phone charger and my camera charger in the front of my suitcase. I didn’t really give it much thought and checked my bag in at Geneva. I took lots of pictures the first day and tried to recharge my camera,  but couldn’t find my charger.  OK,  thought I,  I must’ve left it at home.  Later that night,  when I went to brush my teeth, I realised that my toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant and cologne had also gone awol. Now I could believe forgetting one item,  but not the whole kit. A bent baggage handler must’ve scooped out my front pocket at the airport. Yay.

In brighter news though,  the Italians are trying to kill me with mountains of delicious food.

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How auto-correct can make your life interesting…

Posted on May 17, 2012 By admin

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