Whoo hoo, another 14 1/2 hour flight. I've been traveling to China for the last 9 years and its still a long trip. It is a lot easier now that I've done it about 8 times. You learn how to pace yourself and time meals, awake time, and sleeping. The trick is to get ones brain on destination time as soon as possible. That means today I convince myself as soon as I get on the plane late AM Chicago time, that it is really late at night. I'm about to stay awake until 2...

Saturday, April 6, Joan and I ventured out on the cross-country ski trails out of the Breckenridge Nordic Center. It was a gorgeous sunny day and though the temps were in the 40's, the sun was warm and we were ale to sit out on the deck if the Hallelujah Hut about halfway through our 8 mile trek. We had a great time all day. And the hot tub felt really good. While we were out trekking, Katherine, Megan and Will were downhilling on Peak 8. Reports were that Kat...

Arrived in Denver yesterday and after stopping at Grant St to check in with Megan, Joan and I stocked up at Albertson's then headed up to Breckenridge. Megan and Katherine waited for Will to get home from work then flowed us up. We checked into our condo at Twin Elks (Wyndham ReaortQuest). After snacking and relaxing for a bit, we walked to dinner in town at The Warming Hut. Joan had elk medallions, I had shepherds pie, Katherine had meatloaf, Will had mussels, ...

So the cover photo for this post is from last night's dinner. That's Bill King, our US expat operations manager here in Curitiba. We are sharing the national cocktail of Brazil called a caipirinha. It is made with cachaca, a Brazilian liquor made from fermented sugar cane, mixed with crushed limes and sugar. Very tasty, but with a kick like a margarita. Spent all of today with our Brazilian colleagues making supplier visits and showing them how to do evaluation...

Not much to comment on today, as it has been, so far, a work day. Bill King, our expat host here, picked us up at 7:15 for what should be a 15 minute trip However, with traffic, it took 35 minutes. The team at Curitiba is quite nice and very friendly. The cover photo is of the exterior of the office building. I will post other photos later of the other building that is used mostly for storage on the lower level, and houses the production and operations office...