Living in London

Although we have found that our colleagues in Britain work just as hard (long intense days) as we do, the Europeans place a higher value on vacation time than most of our American colleagues. Three or four weeks of holiday per year is the norm, and some people even take this all at once.

At the office this means that it is challenging to make progress in July and August because so many people are out. Under this influence we have been able to actually schedule a two-week vacation for ourselves this year, for the first time ever, and it begins today!

We flew to Stockholm where we will spend a few days before embarking on a cruise of the Baltic countries. Yesterday we shot these photos as we walked around the harbour and into the old city, where we drank copious amount of bad red wine and heard some low-key jazz.  (Lesson for the day: beer or vodka in Sweden)