On days at sea during cruises, we tend to oversleep. And that’s exactly what happened. Sunday May 15 was a day at sea, and we did not get up until noon (in our defense we will say that during this cruise we crossed the time zone lines several times, so it was difficult to keep the right time in mind). We headed directly for lunch at the restaurant. It was so empty, that we had to double check.

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The next day, Saturday May 14, we had breakfast at the visitor center (with yet again some more deliciously rich Danish pastry) and took a taxi to the Cruise Terminal where we boarded the Seabourn Quest for a 7 night Baltic cruise. The ship is absolutely fantastic. It’s fairly new, exquisitely decorated, and we were assigned an amazing suite with a walk-in closet. Of particular excellence was the suite’s bathroom. I have only seen such a great bathroom in places like The Ritz Carlton Hotel (any, since they are all the same) or the UAE Emir’s Palace.

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Thursday, May 12 we travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark. We had many things on our list, and being there for two days only, we had to make many sacrifices. But overall, we covered a lot of ground. We had many things on our list, and being there for two days only, we had to make many sacrifices. But overall, we covered a lot of ground.Upon arrival in the airport we took the very convenient and modern train that took us to the Central Station, and our hotel was next door.

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On May 10 I traveled to Manchester for a business meeting. After the meeting, I had a couple free hours left before boarding my train back, so I decided to walk around Manchester University (where I will be attending a Bioinformatics Course soon) and visit the eclectic and adorable Manchester Museum.

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In England, Summer apparently lasts about 3 days. And it arrives (and leaves) in May. Those three days were very nice: we went for walks in the parks and village, we enjoyed the flowers blooming and seeing families have fun and catch their vitamin-D-processing-sun-ray-yearly-dose, and we had a lovely breakfast in our castle’s balcony seeing a group of elders play cricket in the Wimbledon Practice Courts. It was nice, albeit brief, Summer.

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One of my corporate advisors is Vegetarian, and we wanted to have a meeting over dinner. He tasked me with finding a restaurant in central London, so I chose Itadaki Zen, a vegan Japanese restaurant. I vividly remember Kajitsu, a Shojin cuisine restaurant in New York, as one of the most surprising, delicious, and different restaurants I have ever dined in. So I thought this could be similar. But unfortunately it is not.

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For a couple of days (May 3-4), IBM executives from Switzerland, France and Spain came to my company’s headquarters in Spain for a “technical deep dive”. During those technical discussions (under NDA, so I’m afraid I can’t reveal any of what was said) other IBM executives dialed in from their respective countries. Beyond engineering, market, and corporate discussions, we also had an opportunity to have fun. On day one we had a typical paella on the beach.

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Jorge Cortell

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Senior Advisor, Health and Life Sciences at Harvard University Innovation Laboratories - Advisor at NLC

Cambridge, MA (USA)