On Monday, April 27, we woke up quite late again, so we had breakfast at the Lido restaurant, and went straight to the Royal Court Theater to listen to the lecture by Howard L. G. Parkin “The Constellations – Myth, Legend And Mystery”, right after which we attender another lecture, this time by Simon Dinsdale, in which he shared some of his experiences as a Royal Family bodyguard.
After a light lunch, we went to the library.
April 26 we woke up quite late, with the wonderful feeling of not having to rush, and enjoyed a nice breakfast buffet at the Lido restaurant.
After breakfast we took a walk around the ship, exploring the different venues, from the card room to the library. It is definitely not a “flashy” ship, with the decor being elegantly subtle and conservative. Perhaps the weakest point, as with so many cruise ships, being the artwork, and the most interesting one being the Cunardia (the first Cunard museum at sea) celebrating 175 years of history.
April 25, to celebrate my wifes birthday and to move from New York to London in style, we boarded <a href="https://www.cunard.com/cruise-ships/queen-victoria/" target="_blank">Cunards Queen Victoria for a trans-Atlantic crossing (not cruising) onboard the luxury ocean liner (V509).
The night before we had a farewell dinner with some friends in New York at White Street restaurant, which was full of movie industry VIPs already invading Manhattan for the Tribeca Film Festival; our friend Jill, who could not attend the dinner, had a very nice gesture sending a bottle of champagne and a card from Washington DC.
April 16-24 we went to Ft. Erie, Canada, to spend some time with the family.
We had a wonderful time, catching up with work, dining in fine places, and even doing a little sightseeing: the misty Crescent beach, Peller Estates Winery, or dinner at Tiara, in Queen`s Landing. But we enjoyed our time at home, and the delicious home-cooking, the most.
On April 14th I was invited to have breakfast with IBM executives on a private yacht (with a helicopter on the stern) in Chicago.
It was a unique opportunity to discuss the future of healthcare and technology, and my company, with the most senior executives in the company, in a very beautiful setting.
Thank you!
April 12th to 15th we went to Chicago, to attend the largest Healthcare IT show in the world (HIMSS), presenting Kanteron Systems solutions at the Hitachi Data Systems booth.
We stayed at The Public Hotel. We made friends, had fun (thank you for inviting us to the Lexmark Healthcare party, Jeff), and enjoyed the nice weather!
Oh, yeah, and we worked a lot too.
March 31st we went to London with a very defined mission: to find an apartment, get cell phone lines, open bank accounts, and get the office space running. All in two days and a half, because although we did return to Spain on April 3rd, it was a bank holiday.
We had to run all over the city. The amazing thing? WE DID IT! Well, kinda.
The office was easy, since we had already been selected to join the Google Campus in London.
