We arrived early into Milan at 6.30am. After sorting out our luggage we boarded a bus into Milan where we left the luggage at the central railway station. Coming into Milan was very depressing from my perspective. It lacked character and is poorly maintained or developed. The trams run along tracks that are overgrown with weeds and grass. The graffiti artists have left their mark everywhere. It gave the place a very run-down and unsafe feel to it. This improved t...

When we disembarked in Singapore I had a message from our good friend at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, encouraging me to visit them around lunchtime. I had already arranged a session to visit Gettinge lab, which also was arranged at short notice over the weekend. Both visits were interesting. I was impressed with the theatre building system, but was particularly taken with its application to ICU scenarios. It was useful seeing these spaces fully equipped with current g...

A day of organising now shifts to 60 hours of travel. 8.30pm flight from Christchurch to Auckland followed by a midnight flight to Singapore. We are tired before we begin; starting to pay attention to what we are going to be doing next week in Croatia.