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Paris, Saturday 3/1/2008
Today we were going to meet up early and head to the Louvre, but I overslept (shocking!). Still we left close to 9 AM, and took the metro to the musée du Louvre . Initially, intimidating. It is just huge. We decided to try to get to the Mona Lisa...
Posted: 03-03-2008 20:07 by Chris | with no comments
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Paris, Friday, 2/29/2008
Today, we tried our best to wrap everything up at the customer site, and I think we are leaving things as solid as we can. Some things didn't work out the way we'd hoped, but we accomplished what we set out to do. Now it is up to the customer...
Posted: 03-03-2008 19:32 by Chris | with no comments
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Paris, Thursday, 2/28/2008
Today was another longish day, but we have made progress and things seem to be moving forward in a positive manner on the work front, so that is allowing to relax some. Tonight, everyone involved in the project walked to the café across the street...
Posted: 02-29-2008 7:52 by Chris | with no comments
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Paris, Wednesday, 2/27/2008
Today, the customer we've been working with took us to a little restaurant in the area where we're working (Pantin), and we chatted about camping and hiking in America. It is pretty neat to talk to people here and learn of their impressions of...
Posted: 02-29-2008 5:51 by Chris | with no comments
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Paris, Tuesday, 2/26/2008
Today, we worked a little later (we just lunched in the ‘canteen’ at the customer building), so we got a late start exploring. We asked the hotel staff member at the counter (no concierge at this hotel) for some areas to check out for good...
Posted: 02-29-2008 5:46 by Chris | with 2 comment(s)
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Paris, Monday 2/25/2008
We were treated to lunch by the folks in the Paris (Garches) office, at a little Italian restaurant near the office. Quite good, but not remarkably different from what we have at nice Italian restaurants in America. After working the afternoon, however...
Posted: 02-29-2008 5:45 by Chris | with no comments
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Paris, Sunday, 2/24/2008
I am on a business trip to Paris, France to work with a customer. I have been trying to make notes of our non-work activities for my own benefit, and decided to post it here... We landed at Charles De Gaulle airport around 11:15 or so, and Thierry met...
Posted: 02-29-2008 5:16 by Chris | with no comments
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